Postponement: Give INEC benefit of the doubt –Shekarau

As different stakeholders continue to lament the postponement of the National Assembly elections till tomorrow (Monday), the All Nigeria Peoples Party presidential candidate, Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau, has pleaded with Nigerians to exercise restraint and give the Independent National Electoral Commission the benefit of the doubt.

The ANPP presidential candidate, who is also the governor of Kano State, made the plea in a press briefing at the Government House on Saturday in reaction to the postponement of the election.

Shekarau, who is also the governor of Kano state, however, said that INEC Chairman, Professor Attahiru Jega, must assure Nigerians that the ballot papers that had already got into the hands of polling agents would be mopped up so as not to be used when the elections eventually hold on Monday.

“It is unfortunate that the National Assembly polls had to be brought forward to Monday as a result of the lack of result sheets as claimed by the Commission.

“Nigerians were assured that the materials were ready and reports reaching me indicated that eighty per cent of the local government areas in Kano state had materials for the exercise. Only about four or so local governments were yet to receive the complete materials needed for the exercise,” he said.