The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu has insisted that there is no going back on Saturday’s February 25th presidential and National Assembly elections.
INEC Chairman, during the media briefing on friaday in said that the elections will hold as planned.
His assurances come a few hours before the presidential poll slated for Saturday, February 25, 2023.
According to Prof. Yakubu, “Generally speaking, the situation is calm in the country as far as our preparation is concerned.”
He noted that there has been no incident of insecurity involving the personnel and materials deployed by the Commission.
“Voter enthusiasm is high and so too is our determination to conduct credible elections. Tomorrow is election day,” he declared.
Prof. Yakubu ruled out the possibility of postponement which had consistently characterized Nigeria’s general elections since 2011 but 12am on Saturday is still a long time for any last-minute development.
Voter turnout is expected to increase significantly in this year’s election. Already, 87,209,007 people have collected their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) representing 93.3% of the 93,469,008 total registered voters, according to INEC.
Historically, INEC rescheduled the 2011, 2015 and 2019 general elections due to security, logistics and operational challenges.
