Supplementary polls: Buhari won’t influence, change results – Presidency

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—-Says INEC fully in charge

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru

ABUJA – AHEAD of the March 23 supplementary elections as arranged by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in some states of the federation, the Presidency last night cautioned against what it described as “a lot of the hate spewing, incitement to violence and the polarizing statements by so-called political leaders.”

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President Mohammadu Buhari GCFR presides over the Federal Executive Council (FEC) Meeting, Council Chambers State House Abuja. Wed. 13Mar2019

The Presidency also said it rejected unfair and ridiculous criticisms of President Muhammadu Buhari’s apparent disinterest in the upcoming elections in some states by party members who wrongfully assume that the President will abuse power by changing results to favour them.

A statement by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu in Abuja, stated that past Presidents of Nigeria were known to interfere in…



Source: Vanguard Newspaper