In claiming insecurity as the direct reason for the shift of the elections, the National Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Attahiru Jega may have stated the obvious. However, many stakeholders are not ignorant of the internal failures of the commission, principally, the alleged failure of the commission to deliver important materials needed for the election according to schedule.

His emergence as the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC from a field that comprised equally strong contenders underscored his own strong potentials. Among the competitors were Senator Magnus Abe and the outgoing deputy governor of the state, Mr. Tele Ikuru

There had been much anticipation in the days leading to the Presidential campaign rally of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in Yenogoa, Bayelsa State given the alleged chasm between Governor Serikae Dickson and the wife of the president, Dame Patience Jonathan.

Gov. Isa Yuguda of Bauchi State on Monday called on Nigerians to remain calm and accept the postponement of the nation’s general election as ” the will of God”.

President Goodluck Jonathan has assured Nigerians that the May 29 handover date remains sacrosanct as it is the terminal date of his first term in office.In a statement yesterday, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr Reuben Abati, quoted the president as saying that the adjustment by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, should be accepted by Nigerians as necessary decision to ensure that Nigerians are not disenfranchised.