The presidential election was previously slated to hold on February 16 (later postponed to February 23) and, with this poll coming three days before the elections, would have been catastrophic for the opposition PDP.
A da an tsara gudanar da zaɓen Shugaban ƙasa a ranar 16 ga watan Fabrairu (an ɗaga daga bisani zuwa 23 ga watan Fabrairu), inda kuri'ar jin ra'ayin da aka gudanar kwanaki uku kafin zaɓen, wanda da bai yi wa Jam'iyyar adawa ta PDP daɗi ba,