{"id":4542,"date":"2019-02-14T16:39:12","date_gmt":"2019-02-14T16:39:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=4542"},"modified":"2019-02-14T16:39:12","modified_gmt":"2019-02-14T16:39:12","slug":"buhari-vs-atiku-apc-planning-to-postpone-saturdays-election-fayose-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/buhari-vs-atiku-apc-planning-to-postpone-saturdays-election-fayose-claims","title":{"rendered":"Buhari vs Atiku: APC planning to postpone Saturday\u2019s election \u2013 Fayose claims"},"content":{"rendered":"

Immediate past Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, has revealed alleged plans by the All progressives Congress, APC, to postpone the Saturday\u2019s presidential and national assembly elections.<\/p>\n

Fayose disclosed this in a post on his official Twitter page on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n

The former governor added that the leadership of the APC was presently in a meeting in respect to that.<\/p>\n

\"\"
\nAccording to him, APC plans to use incidences of INEC offices burnt in Imo, Anambra and Plateau States as excuse to move the election.<\/p>\n

Fayose tweeted: \u201cleadership of APC now in a crucial meeting.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey are considering postponement of Saturday\u2019s elections till 2nd week of March, using burning of INEC offices in Anambra, Abia and Plateau States as well as insecurity in some states as reasons.\u201d<\/p>\n

the headquarters of the Independent Electoral Commission, INEC, in Awka, the Anambra State capital on Tuesday caught fire<\/p>\n

The Independent National Electoral Commission confirmed that a total of 4,695 card readers were destroyed in the fire that gutted the containers, where they were kept at the Anambra State office.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Immediate past Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, has revealed alleged plans by the All progressives Congress, APC, to postpone the Saturday\u2019s presidential and national assembly elections. Fayose disclosed this in a post on his official Twitter page on Wednesday night. The former governor added that the leadership of the APC was presently in a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":627,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,28,16],"tags":[34,97,224,251],"class_list":["post-4542","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-parties","tag-apc","tag-buhari","tag-fayose","tag-inec"],"yoast_head":"\nBuhari vs Atiku: APC planning to postpone Saturday\u2019s election \u2013 Fayose claims - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/buhari-vs-atiku-apc-planning-to-postpone-saturdays-election-fayose-claims\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Buhari vs Atiku: APC planning to postpone Saturday\u2019s election \u2013 Fayose claims\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Immediate past Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, has revealed alleged plans by the All progressives Congress, APC, to postpone the Saturday\u2019s presidential and national assembly elections. Fayose disclosed this in a post on his official Twitter page on Wednesday night. The former governor added that the leadership of the APC was presently in a […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"http:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/buhari-vs-atiku-apc-planning-to-postpone-saturdays-election-fayose-claims\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-02-14T16:39:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/upload\/sites\/3\/2017\/12\/fayose.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"240\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"240\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"alico\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"alico\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/buhari-vs-atiku-apc-planning-to-postpone-saturdays-election-fayose-claims#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/buhari-vs-atiku-apc-planning-to-postpone-saturdays-election-fayose-claims\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"alico\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/50afd2ef4f0e900bd0a176404a8484a7\"},\"headline\":\"Buhari vs Atiku: APC planning to postpone Saturday\u2019s election \u2013 Fayose claims\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-02-14T16:39:12+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/buhari-vs-atiku-apc-planning-to-postpone-saturdays-election-fayose-claims\"},\"wordCount\":188,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/buhari-vs-atiku-apc-planning-to-postpone-saturdays-election-fayose-claims#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/upload\/sites\/3\/2017\/12\/fayose.jpeg\",\"keywords\":[\"APC\",\"Buhari\",\"Fayose\",\"INEC\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"homepage-english\",\"Parties\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"http:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/buhari-vs-atiku-apc-planning-to-postpone-saturdays-election-fayose-claims#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/buhari-vs-atiku-apc-planning-to-postpone-saturdays-election-fayose-claims\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/buhari-vs-atiku-apc-planning-to-postpone-saturdays-election-fayose-claims\",\"name\":\"Buhari vs Atiku: APC planning to postpone Saturday\u2019s election \u2013 Fayose claims - Nigeria\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/buhari-vs-atiku-apc-planning-to-postpone-saturdays-election-fayose-claims#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/buhari-vs-atiku-apc-planning-to-postpone-saturdays-election-fayose-claims#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/upload\/sites\/3\/2017\/12\/fayose.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-02-14T16:39:12+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/50afd2ef4f0e900bd0a176404a8484a7\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/buhari-vs-atiku-apc-planning-to-postpone-saturdays-election-fayose-claims#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"http:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/buhari-vs-atiku-apc-planning-to-postpone-saturdays-election-fayose-claims\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/buhari-vs-atiku-apc-planning-to-postpone-saturdays-election-fayose-claims#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/upload\/sites\/3\/2017\/12\/fayose.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/upload\/sites\/3\/2017\/12\/fayose.jpeg\",\"width\":240,\"height\":240},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/buhari-vs-atiku-apc-planning-to-postpone-saturdays-election-fayose-claims#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Buhari vs Atiku: APC planning to postpone Saturday\u2019s election \u2013 Fayose claims\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/\",\"name\":\"Africa Press | Nigeria | Homepage\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/50afd2ef4f0e900bd0a176404a8484a7\",\"name\":\"alico\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/author\/alico\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Buhari vs Atiku: APC planning to postpone Saturday\u2019s election \u2013 Fayose claims - Nigeria","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"http:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/buhari-vs-atiku-apc-planning-to-postpone-saturdays-election-fayose-claims","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Buhari vs Atiku: APC planning to postpone Saturday\u2019s election \u2013 Fayose claims","og_description":"Immediate past Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, has revealed alleged plans by the All progressives Congress, APC, to postpone the Saturday\u2019s presidential and national assembly elections. Fayose disclosed this in a post on his official Twitter page on Wednesday night. The former governor added that the leadership of the APC was presently in a […]","og_url":"http:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/buhari-vs-atiku-apc-planning-to-postpone-saturdays-election-fayose-claims","og_site_name":"Nigeria","article_published_time":"2019-02-14T16:39:12+00:00","og_image":[{"width":240,"height":240,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/upload\/sites\/3\/2017\/12\/fayose.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"alico","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"alico","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"http:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/buhari-vs-atiku-apc-planning-to-postpone-saturdays-election-fayose-claims#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"http:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/buhari-vs-atiku-apc-planning-to-postpone-saturdays-election-fayose-claims"},"author":{"name":"alico","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/50afd2ef4f0e900bd0a176404a8484a7"},"headline":"Buhari vs Atiku: APC planning to postpone Saturday\u2019s election \u2013 Fayose claims","datePublished":"2019-02-14T16:39:12+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"http:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/buhari-vs-atiku-apc-planning-to-postpone-saturdays-election-fayose-claims"},"wordCount":188,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"http:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/buhari-vs-atiku-apc-planning-to-postpone-saturdays-election-fayose-claims#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/upload\/sites\/3\/2017\/12\/fayose.jpeg","keywords":["APC","Buhari","Fayose","INEC"],"articleSection":["all news","homepage-english","Parties"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["http:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/buhari-vs-atiku-apc-planning-to-postpone-saturdays-election-fayose-claims#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/buhari-vs-atiku-apc-planning-to-postpone-saturdays-election-fayose-claims","url":"http:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/buhari-vs-atiku-apc-planning-to-postpone-saturdays-election-fayose-claims","name":"Buhari vs Atiku: APC planning to postpone Saturday\u2019s election \u2013 Fayose claims - Nigeria","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"http:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/buhari-vs-atiku-apc-planning-to-postpone-saturdays-election-fayose-claims#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"http:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/buhari-vs-atiku-apc-planning-to-postpone-saturdays-election-fayose-claims#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/upload\/sites\/3\/2017\/12\/fayose.jpeg","datePublished":"2019-02-14T16:39:12+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/50afd2ef4f0e900bd0a176404a8484a7"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"http:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/buhari-vs-atiku-apc-planning-to-postpone-saturdays-election-fayose-claims#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["http:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/buhari-vs-atiku-apc-planning-to-postpone-saturdays-election-fayose-claims"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"http:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/buhari-vs-atiku-apc-planning-to-postpone-saturdays-election-fayose-claims#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/upload\/sites\/3\/2017\/12\/fayose.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/upload\/sites\/3\/2017\/12\/fayose.jpeg","width":240,"height":240},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"http:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/buhari-vs-atiku-apc-planning-to-postpone-saturdays-election-fayose-claims#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Buhari vs Atiku: APC planning to postpone Saturday\u2019s election \u2013 Fayose claims"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/","name":"Africa Press | Nigeria | Homepage","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/50afd2ef4f0e900bd0a176404a8484a7","name":"alico","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/author\/alico"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4542","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4542"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4542\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}