They’ll defy the instruction of the Independent  Electoral Commission that campaign should have stopped before the original voting late last Saturday.

President Muhammadu Buhari ‘s dismissed Nigeria’s Independent Electoral Commission as incompetent.

This is the body that postponed the elections for a week for purely logistical reasons.

Buhari’s urged the authorities to act ruthlessly against anyone trying to rig the poll.

His ruling All Progressives Congress will resume campaigning today and stop on Thursday, ahead of Saturday’s voting.

The Peoples Democratic Party of his major opponent Atiku Abubaker agrees that the electoral commission is wrong trying to stop campaigning and says candidates will be back on the stump until Thursday.

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Nasir El Rufai’s threat has prompted European Union observers to emphasize they are ruled by a code of conduct that prevents them from interfering in elections.

Kaduna State Governor Nasir El Rufai was responding to a statement by Britain, the EU and US that the credibility of Nigeria’s elections could be compromised by President Muhammadu Buhari suspending the country’s Chief Justice Walter Onnoghen.

The opposition Peoples Democratic Party’s appealed to Western governments to ensure the ruling All Progressives Congress does not succeed in trying to rig the election.

Britain and the United State say they’ll deny visas to any Nigerian politician who tries to rig the poll.

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The man who last came to power, 32 years ago, via a coup says it’s just a matter of time before incumbent president Goodluck Jonathan concedes defeat.

Muhammadu Buhari’s All Progressives Congress says Nigeria’s witnessing history – the first party democratically to throw out a sitting president.

APC spokesman Lai Mohammed asserts the people of Nigeria have taken over.

He’s calling on Goodluck Jonathan to keep his promise to relinquish power after being voted out in a free and fair election.

Buhari’s played heavily on his tough military image in a country that has affectively been held to ransom by the Islamist terror group Boko Haram.

They killed 20 people with gunfire on polling day. Apart from that, this election has been one of Nigeria’s most peaceful.

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