Poll shift: Jonathan afraid of defeat, says Tinubu

The national leader of Nigeria’s main opposition party, All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu,   has stated that the general elections were postponed because President Goodluck Jonathan was afraid he was going lose if the election had held.

The former governor of Lagos state noted that the general elections were announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega but the words were those of Jonathan.

Election shift: Dasuki’s call, ploy for military takeover –MURIC

The  Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) says the call by the National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, for postponement of the February election, is a ploy for military, “allies of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), to take over power.“

MURIC, while rejecting the request, which it described as “diversionary and unpatriotic”, alleged that the whole idea of a possible postponement smacks of moral debauchery.