Protesters numbering about 100 stormed the
headquarters of the Independent National
Electoral Commission, INEC, Monday, demanding
the postponement of this month’s general
election.
The youth gathered at the INEC headquarters in
the Maitama District of Abuja asking it to delay
the polls because of the difficulty in the
distribution of the Permanent Voters Card, PVCs.
According to the protesters, only 40 per cent of
the poll had been distributed ahead of the
February 14
and 28 elections. They also claimed that INEC
needed 960,000 ad hoc staff but that at the time
of their protest the staff had not been engaged.
They argued that if the polls were allowed to go
ahead as scheduled, several million Nigerians
would not be able to vote.
The youth, who gathered at Unity Fountain beside
Hilton Hotel before marching to the INEC
headquarters on Zambezi Street, were bearing
banners and placards with the inscriptions such as
“Election is for general participation, not for
selective few”
“INEC, do the right thing,” “Don’t disenfranchise
Nigerians,” “We demand for the extension of
election to allow Nigerian exercise their
franchise.”
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