Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to convene an emergency National Council of State meeting to discuss issues concerning Saturday’s postponement of the general elections. Dickson made the call in a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media, Mr. Fidelis Soriwei, in Yenagoa on Tuesday. He said that the meeting should be expanded to include the leadership of the Independent National Electoral Commission, security agencies and party candidates. READ ALSO: Ballot box snatchers will be punished according to law —INEC bossDickson said, “It is at the end of the meeting that INEC should pick a new date. “In Bayelsa, INEC did not have the ballot papers for the presidential election, ink and some of the materials were not even customized,” the governor said.

Source: Punch February 19, 2019 17:15 UTC