Jega overrules IGP, asks voters to stay after voting

Professor Attahiru Jega, the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Friday, asked voters in the coming polls to stay back at polling stations after voting if they choose to.

Jega’s statement came 24 hours after the Inspector General of Police, Suleiman Abba, warned voters to go back to their homes after casting their votes.

The INEC chairman, while answering questions on Channels television on Friday morning, however, countered this, declaring that, “If you choose to remain