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[Published: Saturday February 16 2019]

 Anger and frustration after Nigeria poll delay
ABUJA 16 Feb (ANA) - Many Nigerians woke up wondering whether the last-minute postponement of the presidential election was fake news.
In the middle of the night, just five hours before polls were due to open, Independent Nigerian Electoral Commission (Inec) head Mahmood Yakubu told a hastily arranged press conference that the vote had been delayed by a week because of logistical problems.
Initial disbelief was followed by anger, frustration and resignation.
Musa Abubakar, who travelled 550km (340 miles) from the capital, Abuja, to vote in the far northern town of Daura, told the BBC that he "couldn't believe" what had happened.
He is one of many Nigerians to have made a journey to their home states to take part in the poll.
"I don't know what to do now, I'm not happy," Mr Abubakar said.
He is now faced with the choice of staying in Daura and missing out on work, repeating the journey or not bothering to vote next week.
There has been an outpouring of frustration on Twitter, with "postponed", "postponement" and "Inec" all trending. Many, like Bobby Ezidi, have called the electoral commission "incompetent".(ANA)
FA/ANA/16 February 2019-------


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