Corps members and election Observers were on the midnight of Friday stranded at the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Jalingo the Taraba state capital following the postponement of the elections schedule to hold this Saturday.
The Presidential and National Assembly elections which were earlier scheduled to hold on the February 16th have been shifted to February 23rd , with Governorship, State Assembly and Abuja area council elections holding on 9th March 2019.
Our correspondent who kept vigil at the commission’s office in Jalingo said corps members and Observers were seen discoursing in groups about the postponement of the elections.
A corp member who spoke to BusinessDay on ground of anonymity said “we were asked to go home.That we shall be communicated on the the next line of action. Trecking home this midnight is the major challenge we will face, honestly we are stranded”she said.
The Taraba state Head of Information department of the commission Fabian Yame,said they were still sorting out materials waiting for further directives from the headquarters.
“You mean you have gotten the news already? We are still sorting out, waiting for further directives from Abuja.
Meanwhile the chairman of the commission Proffessor Mahmood Yakubu,had earlier in the night briefied journalist in Abuja following the postponement of the elections.
Nathaniel Gbaoron, Jalingo
