Addressing journalists in the early hours of Saturday, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman Mahmood Yakubu said the delay was needed to hold a free and fair election. "The commission came to the conclusion that proceeding with the election as scheduled is no longer feasible. Consequently the commissioners decided to reschedule the presidential and national assembly elections to Saturday Feb 23, 2019," he said. The country's presidential elections in 2011 and 2015 were also delayed over logistics and security issues. INEC said voting to elect the country's powerful state governors were also to be delayed by a week, to Mar 9.

Source: bd News24 February 16, 2019 03:11 UTC