National Chairman of the Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN), Dr. Frederick
Fasehun, has said that he would have protested on the streets if the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) had gone ahead to conduct the February general election.
Fasehun, who spoke in an interview with newsmen in Lagos commended INEC and other stakeholders for shifting the polls by six weeks to allow the military contain the insurgency in the North-East and save the nation’s democracy.
INEC Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega had, last weekend, citing security concerns, announced that the Presidential and National Assembly elections, earlier scheduled for February 14, will hold on March 28, while the Governorship and State Houses of Assembly polls, slated for February 28, will hold on April 11.
Admitting that the postponement would give INEC the opportunity to address the disparity in the distribution of the Permanent Voter’s Cards (PVCs), which would have amounted to disenfranchisement of a larger percentage of the electorate, Fasehun cautioned Jega against any action that would jeopardise the democratic process.
According to him, the postponement was not an invitation to the military to make an inroad into the polity, because it was preferable listening to the military to save Nigeria, than conducting elections that would endanger our democrac
