{"id":89437,"date":"2015-02-07T22:49:02","date_gmt":"2015-02-07T22:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=89437"},"modified":"2015-02-07T23:08:59","modified_gmt":"2015-02-07T23:08:59","slug":"nigeria-elections-postponed-security-reasons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=89437","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria elections postponed for security reasons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Local media in Nigeria have reported that the much anticipated presidential elections have been postponed from February 14, to March 28, 2015, because of security reasons.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>Nigeria&#8217;s elections &#8211; delayed on advise of security chiefs. Presidential elections now due March 28th<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 will ross (@willintune) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/willintune\/status\/564182660885807105\">February 7, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_83418\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-83418\" style=\"width: 970px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/nigeria-explosions.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-83418 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/nigeria-explosions.jpg\" alt=\"nigeria-explosions\" width=\"970\" height=\"660\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-83418\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">An explosion in Nigeria suspected to have been carried out by Boko Haram militants<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The six weeks delay according to the Nigerian Electoral Commission, will allow a newly-formed multinational force, the opportunity to reclaim areas controlled by Boko Haram.<\/p>\n<p>[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;j2st6rdsy0i3ViE3XWvz6706iyX9H2Ij&#8221;]Boko Haram&#8217;s occupation of some of these territories according to Nigerian local media, could disenfranchise more than 1.5 million voters.<\/p>\n<p>About a fortnight ago,\u00a0U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry encouraged Nigeria to hold the elections as scheduled arguing that: &#8220;It&#8217;s imperative that these elections on time as scheduled.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This would be &#8220;one of the best ways to fight back against Boko Haram,&#8221; he said. Boko Haram miitants bombed and killed some Nigerians at President Goodluck Jonanthan&#8217;s rally, minutes after he had left the rally.<\/p>\n<p>The lead up to the elections has also been marred by pockets of violence between supporters of incumbent president Goodluck Jonathan and his challenger Muhammadu Buari. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By: Nana Boakye-Yiadom\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Local media in Nigeria have reported that the much anticipated presidential elections have been postponed from February 14, to March 28, 2015, because of security reasons. Nigeria&#8217;s elections &#8211; delayed on advise of security chiefs. Presidential elections now due March 28th \u2014 will ross (@willintune) February 7, 2015 The six weeks delay according to the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[43,38,14],"class_list":["post-89437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-foresight-medical-center","tag-palaver-newspaper","tag-papa-owusu-ankomah"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89437","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=89437"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89437\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=89437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=89437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=89437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}