A pan-Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, Tuesday, rejected the creation of additional 30,000 polling units by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
They also passed “a vote of no confidence” on the Chairman of the Commission Professor Attahiru Jega, over his ability to conduct a free and fair election next year.
In a meeting in Akure, the country home of their National Chairman, Pa Reuben Fasoranti, the group in a communiqué kicked against the lopsidedness of the electoral umpire in the allocation of polling units to geo-political zones in the country.
Spokesman of the group, Yinka Odumakin, who read the communiqué to newsmen after the meeting said, “the imbalance in the distribution was unacceptable.”
Leaders at the meeting included Minister of Police Affairs, Mr. Jelili Adesiyan, Minister of State for Defence, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, governorship candidate of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Osun State, Senator Iyiola Omisore, former governors of Ogun State, Otunba Gbenga Daniel and Chief Segun Osoba, Chiefs Reuben Fasoranti, Olu Falae and Ayo Adebanjo.
Others were Mr. Jimi Agbaje, Sir Michael Koleoso, Chief Kole Omololu, Senator Gbenga Kaka, Professor Akin Onigbinde, Mr. Sina Kawonise, Mr. Segun Ojo, Mr. Tunde Oladapo and Chief Korede Duyile.
Odumakin said: “The meeting took decision on the 30,000 newly created polling unit announced by INEC, and condemned the whole exercise as skewed, in that 21, 000 were allocated to the Northern part of Nigeria, while 8,000 was allocated to the South.
“We found it very curious, for instance, we don’t understand the democratic abracadabra that allowed the Northwest, just one zone in the North, was allocated 9, 906 polling units while the entire South of Nigeria was allocated 8,000 polling units.
“A war ravaged Northeast where people are fleeing was allocated 5, 201 new polling units while the entire South West which is brimming with people, is allocated only 4, 160 additional polling units. The entire South East of Nigeria was allocated 1, 166 new units while FCT alone was allocated 1, 200 units. We do not know of any country in the world where you would change electoral law one year to the election, not to talk of creating additional polling units six months to the election.
“We don’t understand while war-torn areas are now having more polling units than peaceful areas. And more important, how does Jega want to migrate voters who have been given Permanent Voters Cards with existing codes in existing units with the new polling units which had just been created.
“We see the whole exercise as attempt to create rigging at source where 500 votes will return to the units where it was created and more important you create an election dominant manual that Nigerians will continue to fight as we are now fighting lopsidedness we see at House of Representatives and Senate today.
“To this end we reject it in its entirety and we are saying it now. We pass a vote of no confidence in Jega’s capacity to conduct free and fair and credible election if these additional units are not cancelled immediately."

Source: Daily Times.

a lone voice in d wilderness

too late to complain

Gathering of vultures who were not given political positions

Omexonomy: Gathering of vultures who were not given political positions

Can you answer the questions they raised?

p.d p gathering maybe they just realise that the new system cannot favour Jonathan 2015 anyway pass a vote of no confidence have notting to do with jega

very very lopsided,

a Yoruba,ni o inunibini.