2023 Polls: Buhari holds emergency meeting with INEC chairman, details emerge

With less than three days to the much-anticipated presidential elections, President Muhammadu Buhari summoned an impromptu meeting with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) chairman, Prof Mahmoud Yakubu, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

As reported by The Nation, President Buhari disclosed this development, as he stated that the meeting was part of efforts to ensure things are on the right track for the elections.

He made the disclosure at a public function in Abuja for commissioning and handing over security equipment valued at over N12 billion to the military and Nigeria Police Force.

While speaking at the event, he said the electoral body had grounded him for the five minutes he kept the CACOVID group waiting, reminding all that everything needed to be done for a successful election to be achieved.

Buhari 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.”