Election postponement: Nigerians call for the resignation of INEC’s logistics chief

Nigerians are calling for the resignation of the Head of Logistics for the Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC), Prof Okechukwu Ibeanu, whom they hold responsible for the lapses leading to the postponement of the 2019 elections.

INEC postponed the elections on Saturday morning, few hours before voting was scheduled to start, disappointing millions of Nigerians. The Presidential, Senate and House of Representatives elections have been rescheduled for February 23, while the Governorship and House of Assembly elections have been rescheduled for March 2.

Okechukwu Ibeanu is a Professor of Political Science and was also Dean, Faculty of the Social Sciences at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. He was also special rapporteur of the United Nations Human Rights Council on the adverse effects of illicit movement and dumping of toxic waste on human rights.

Professor Ibeanu was previously programme officer of the MacArthur Foundation overseeing its human rights and Niger Delta programmes. A former Fellow of the United Nations University, Tokyo, he has also been a visiting scholar at Queen Elizabeth House, Oxford University, and the Woodrow Wilson Center, Washington D.C.

Read what Nigerians are saying about Prof Ibeanu on twitter below:

A PDP woman leader was arrested in Aba with over 5000 PVCs a day before the election.
The head of logistics has a lot to answer..#INECIbeanuMustGo#INECIbeanuMustGo@busanga @wassup9ja @AdeBanqie @ayourb @Ade_Nurayn @Mz_Tosyn @BashirAhmaad @DOlusegun @fkeyamo

— CHIDIMMA IGWE (@chidimmaigwe1) February 18, 2019

Was Amina Zakari removed as INEC's head of Logistics because of to incompetence? Why was she replaced by Prof Okechukwu Ibeanu who is not as experienced or competent as Mrs Zakari? Can we explain the monumental disaster that might have taken place on Saturday?
#INECIbeanuMustGo

— Olalekan Adigun (@MrLekanAdigun) February 18, 2019

https://twitter.com/Dammyriche1/status/1097422187445784576

It makes me laugh when @OfficialPDPNig try to act the victim in this election when actually they are the ones running around making desperate moves to frustrate and hijack this elections. #INECIbeanuMustGo

— Kemisola Adekunle (@KemisolaAdekun1) February 18, 2019

One can only imagine what will happen and what the reactions would be if this guy were some northerner or Muslim suspected to be working for @APCNigeria #INECIbeanuMustGo

— Kemisola Adekunle (@KemisolaAdekun1) February 18, 2019

PDP cannot win any election without rigging & stealing/snatching ballot boxes. Rigging/stealing is what they know. It's a shame to see people that are meant to be in prison are those contesting & plotting to take over the affairs of this great country #INECIbeanuMustGo pic.twitter.com/7zbATzrelv

— Abubakar S. Mahmud (@Seesadiq) February 18, 2019