Sharia Council asks INEC to hold governorship, presidential and other elections on same day

The Supreme Council for Shari’ah in Nigeria (SCSN) has asked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to hold the forthcoming general elections in one day. 

According to the Council, violence might erupt after the first elections on February 25th, due to the desperation of some politicians who are already warming up to cause a crisis to stop the elections knowing fully well that they may lose the contests.

The Secretary General of the Supreme Council for Shari’a in Nigeria, Nafi’u Baba-Ahmed, who addresed journalists, also said that security agencies are already overstretched and therefore, may not be able to contend with the looming political crisis.

The religious body called on the federal government and well-meaning Nigerians to prevail on INEC to hold all the elections in one day.