by Panshak Ibrahim

Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Attahiru Jega, is thankful that the recently concluded general elections did not end the country.

Jega stated that in spite of widespread doomsday prediction, the election turned out well and Nigeria stayed together.

Jega made the comment when he received a delegation led by Mexican Ambassador to Nigeria, Marco Antonio Garcia Blanco, in his office in Abuja, on Thursday.

He said: “We are, indeed, very happy that our elections turned out to be well and to have been recognized both nationally and internationally as free, fair, credible and also peaceful.

“Leading to the election, some impressions had been created, particularly in the international media as if this may be the end of our country. Thank God it was doomsday prediction which turned out to be false.”