The meeting was Mr. Jonathan’s final open effort to rescue
an election that seems to have got away from him very
quickly.
Under the Nigerian constitution, the Council advises executive
branch, and is chaired by the President. Other members are
the Vice-President, who is the Deputy Chairman; all former
Presidents of the Federation and all former Heads of the
Government of the Federation; all former Chief Justices;
the President of the Senate; the Speaker of the House of
Representatives; all State Governors; and the Attorney-
General of the Federation.
Also at Thursday’s meeting was the chairman of the
Independent National Election Commission (INEC).
President Jonathan cited security concerns and lack of
preparedness by INEC as his reasons for seeking
postponement of the elections.
Our presidency sources at the meeting said that
all the former Heads of State spoke in favor of holding the
general elections on February 14th and February 28th 2015,
as scheduled by the electoral commission. Muhammadu Buhari,
the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress,
also spoke calmly but firmly against the proposal.
However, when it was Jega’s time to speak, he shocked the
meeting by disclosing that just before he entered the Council
chambers, the president’s National Security Advisor,
Col. Sambo Dasuki (Rtd), had handed him a report saying
that the security services could not guarantee security
during the elections. Dasuki, he stated, emphasized that 14
Local Government Areas (LGAs) in the North East would be
compromised.
Presidency sources inside the meeting
tell SaharaReporters that Jega responded the security question
stating “We are better off [more secure] than in 2011”
elections. He also argued that the security situation in 14
LGAs should not interfere with acountry of over 700 such
councils.
Professor Jega also said that all Permanent Voting Cards
(PVCs) were ready for voters and that their
availability should no longer be considered an issue. Our
sources say that when Jega finishing giving his presentation,
the majority of the room clapped in support and respect.
One source disclosed to SaharaReporters that
after Jega’s presentation, aides to President Jonathan sent
a signal to Ijaw leader, Edwin Clark, Alex Ekwueme and
Senator Okunrounmu to release a “dossier” that
was in the possession of the group against Jega. That group
then quickly organized a press conference in Abuja to
demand Jega’s removal from INEC and get himarrested and
tried for “treason”.
Contrary to Jega’s positive reception at the Council of
State, the group, in a fall-back strategy the president
seemed to have approved of in advance, claimed that the
INEC boss had colluded with some Northern “leaders” to
cheat the South of the presidency.
After today’s meeting the Council of State decided that
INEC and the security agencies must hold meetings leading
to the elections in order to harmonize and coordinate their
activities to ensure that all elections are free and
fair starting this month.
The meeting then nominated Governor Olusegun Mimiko of
Ondo State to brief the press about its decisions.
Governor Rochas Okorocha strategically joined Mimiko at
that event to ensure that nothing was added to, or taken
away from what Nigerians needed to know.


http://saharareporters.com/2015/02/05/how-council-state-rejected-president-jonathan’s-proposal-postpone-general-elections

its a victory for democracy

Jonathan is just clutching at straws to save his Presidency


BUT THE PEOPLE HAVE DECIDED... THE GENERAL AND HIS 150 COWS ARE THE NEW LANDLORDS OF ASO ROCK !!



Better those cows in Aso Rock than a clueless fisherman, his overfed and conceited sheppopotamus, and his massive army of mad sycophants

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