Confirmed! February 14 elections postponed by 6 weeks

INEC Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega, has concluded a briefing meeting with 25 civil society groups in Abuja Saturday informing them that all security agencies in the country have indicated to him, in writing, that they are not available to support the elections planned for February 14 and 28.
Prof. Jega, announced this postponement at a press briefing the meeting that lasted almost a whole day.
Jega stated many reasons that lead to the extension of the scheduled time for the Presidential and governorship election but basically it all surrounds the security matters; The new date is the 28th of March 2015 for the Presidential while 11th April 2015 for the Governorship election.
Jibrin Ibrahim, a leading African election expert and senior fellow at the Centre for Democracy and Development, CDD, in Abuja, who was at the meeting, said Mr. Jega told the meeting that security operatives from all the agencies told INEC that they were commencing a six weeks special operations against Boko Haram insurgents in the north eastern corridors of the country and would rather not be distracted by the elections.
To even collect ballot papers from their storage in the Central Bank of Nigeria for the elections will require security escort, which apparently is now unavailable in the light of the move by the security forces.