22 Feb 2011
ABUJA — CHAIRMAN of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Attahiru Jega, said yesterday, that 21 presidential candidates will contest the April presidential elections even as he raised alarm over the conflicting orders being issued by the courts on electoral matter saying such contradictory orders were capable of eroding the authority of the judiciary.
Jega said the commission had already written judicial authorities over the worrying development in order to protect the country’s democracy and the judiciary.
At a news conference on the commission’s preparation for the elections and the recent activities of the commission, Jega also released a provisional figure for the recently concluded voters registration exercise saying the commission captured 67, 764, 327 with Lagos and Kano
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