Election Date Belongs to Nigerians, ADC Tells INEC

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) Presidential Campaign Council urged INEC to keep the presidential election on January 16 and resist pressure to change the timetable. It called on President Bola Tinubu to abandon any move to postpone the poll and on INEC Chairman Joash Amupitan to disclose publicly any attempt to influence the commission. The ADC said the Ebola threat was not sufficient grounds for a delay without evidence, citing the NCDC director-general’s position that there was no current reason to postpone the election. It called for any proposed change to be made public and scrutinized by election observers and the public.