President Muhammadu Buhari has told the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmoud Yakubu, that anything short of a successful presidential and National Assembly elections on Saturday will be unacceptable.
Buhari made the remarks after meeting with Yakubu at the Presidential Villa on Wednesday.
He said “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.
According to Buhari, the meeting was convened at the request of INEC Chairman.
Buhari revealed the meeting while explaining his five-minute tardiness to the commissioning and handover of security equipment worth over N12 billion to the military and Nigeria Police Force.
Buhari reminded those present that everything needed to be done for a successful election to be achieved.