BREAKING NEWS - INEC Reschedule Elections Up Until February 23rd After Crucial Closed Door Meeting

Professor Mahmood Yakubu (INEC Chairman)

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has decided to postpone Saturday's presidential and National Assembly elections till next week, the 23rd of February, 2019.

It was one of the decisions reached in the early hours of today in serious discussion between INEC chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu and 12 national commissioners in Abuja, according to a very close source.

Professor Yakubu also brief the media not long after the closed door meeting, on the decision reached, amidst reports of logistics problems faced by the commission.

The meeting actually started on the evening of Friday and was held up till around 1:30am the early hours of Saturday the 16th day of February, 2019.

Rotimi Oyekanmi, the chief press secretary to INEC chairman told news men that the decision of the meeting will be communicated later today and that some decision of new date for election reschedule has been picked.

Below is the letter of reschedule of the election till Saturday 23rd February, 2019 and also a video of the INEC Chairman addressing Nigerians about the postponement of the 16th February 2019 Presidential and National Assembly Election.