YOLA, Nigeria — The Latest on Nigeria’s postponed presidential election (all times local):11:10 a.m.Nigeria’s president says he is “deeply disappointed” by the last-minute delay of Saturday’s election until Feb. 23 and says he is going back to the capital to hear the electoral commission’s explanation. President Muhammadu Buhari’s statement says the commission had “given assurances, day after day and almost hour after hour that they are in complete readiness for the elections. When asked if he was “dampened” by the last-minute postponement by the electoral commission, he said “absolutely not.”Both his party and the ruling party have condemned the last-minute decision to delay the vote. It called on political parties to avoid incitement and misinformation and called on the electoral commission to explain how Nigeria will pay for the costly election delay. One ruling party campaign director said it is better to give the electoral commission time to conduct a credible vote.

Source: National Post February 16, 2019 10:01 UTC