There Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) after a lengthy meeting with stakeholders announced the postponement of the February 2015 elections, which was formally scheduled on 14 and 28 February, 2015
The new date according to Prof Atahiru Jega will now be March 28 while the governorship and state houses of assembly elections earlier fixed for 28 February may now hold on 11 April, all of these subject to final ratification of the meeting between INEC National Commissioners and State Resident Electoral Commissioners.
According to the INEC Chairman, the decision to shift the election is based on security reports by the security agencies, mostly in the north east of the country.
The list of parties that favoured the re-scheduling of the elections are as follows.
They are: 1.Action Alliance (AA ) 2. Action Congress of Democrats ACD 3.Alliance for Democracy AD 4. African Democratic Congress, ADC 5. Citizens popular Party, (CPP) 6. Democratic Peoples Party (DPP) 7. Labour Party (LP) 8. Mega Peoples Party MPP 9. New Nigeria Peoples Party NNPP 10. United Democratic Party UDP. 11.Peoples popular Movement PPM 12. Progressives People Alliance (PPA). 13.Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). And 14.Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN).
Parties against the re-scheduling of the elections are: 1.Peoples Democratic Movement (PDM) 2. All Progressives Congress (APC) 3.United Peoples Party (UPP) 4.ACPN 5. Social Democratic Party (SDP). 6. KOWA 7.Indepednet Democrats (ID) 8. Hope Democratic Party 9 Africans Democratic Alliance (APA) 10. Accord Party.
On its part, All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) abstained and National Conscience Party (NCP) was indifferent.
