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INEC has confirmed the postponement of the general elections scheduled for Febraury 14 and 28.
Addressing a press conference on Saturday night, the commission’s chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega, said the presidential and national assembly elections will now hold on March 28 while the governorship and state assemblies election will hold on April 11.
He said although his commission was ready to conduct the elections, the country’s security agencies said they were going .on a six weeks special operations against Boko Haram insurgents in the north east and would be distracted by the elections, especially in the affected areas.