Mutiu Agboke, a Resident Electoral Commissioner, has declared that despite the postponement of the elections, all Presidential and National Assembly c
Mutiu Agboke, a Resident Electoral Commissioner, has declared that despite the postponement of the elections, all Presidential and National Assembly candidates contesting in the rescheduled election, cannot campaign before Saturday’s new date for the first round of the 2019 general elections. Agboke said the development to postpone the election was necessitated by the acute shortage of election materials.
“There is no window for campaigns for political parties. There is still room for governorship and house of assembly. For the purpose of our time table, we have foreclosed the campaign for presidential and national assembly elections,” Agboke added.
On how credible this year’s elections would be, Agboke replied, saying, “As I speak to you, we have retrieved all the sensitive materials to the state office. We have tightened up the security. We have within our premises the full presence of various categories of the Nigeria Police Force; the people in the red cap, the people in the black cap, the regular police that you know. In fact, they have been reinforced with the presence of the Nigerian Army. They are all here, knowing that we have all these materials back to the state office. So, the materials are intact; nothing has happened to them and nothing will happen to them.”
