Ahead of Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly elections, President Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday morning, met with the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
The discussion was, according to President Buhari, at the instance of the chairman of INEC, explaining that it was all part of the efforts that the elections hold successfully.
The President hinted of the conversation while explaining his few minutes of lateness to the commissioning and hand-over of security equipment valued at over N12 billion to the military and Nigeria Police Force (NPF).
According to him, he had been grounded by the electoral body for the five minutes he kept the CACOVID group waiting, reminding all that everything needed to be done for a successful election to be achieved.
“I’m being grounded by INEC. You know next Saturday is a great day for us and I take instructions from INEC so that I make sure there’ll be no excuses for the successful election,” Buhari had told his guests.
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