February 22, (THEWILL) – President Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday, engaged the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmoud Yakubu, on the February 25 presidential and National Assembly elections.
According to the President, the discussion was at the instance of the chairman of INEC, explaining that it was all part of the efforts for the elections to be held successfully.
The President hinted at 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).
He reminded those present 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 told his guests.