The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, 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.
Mr. Jega, who had an earlier meeting with political parties, is rounding up another meeting with his 36 resident electoral commissioners now on what will amount to an INEC position on whether to postpone or go ahead with the elections.
Insiders at the meeting said “its pretty much a done deal at this point that the elections will be postponed” and many of the attendees told PREMIUM TIMES they were shell-shocked and depressed at what they characterize as “a clear case of political blackmail of the state against civil society”.
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.
Mr. Jega announced that the security forces also said the operations are due to commence on February 14, the date INEC had planned for the presidential and federal legislative elections.
This decision, by the security forces, successfully renders INEC’s hitherto insistence to go ahead with the elections a risky venture.
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.


http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/176422-cant-proceed-election-jega.html

If postponing it is what will guarantee free, fair and most importantly safe conduct, then let it be so. Afterall, elections in the past held in April and the new administration was sworn-in in May.


I just hope INEC will make my pvc ready this time sha

I'm so happy.

How about all those peeps that fled to their villages especially the easterners Some of them will have to eat cocoyam cos hunger go so deal with dem . Dem run go dia villages dem go run come back. Unwise peeps.



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GEJ till 2019

This is just speculation, no announcement yet. But if it is true, its just another reason not to vote for Jonathan. They're basically claiming that under him our country has become so unsafe that we can't have elections. Meaning he has basically destroyed our democracy.

Our army and police can no longer cope. Even with all the security agents fully occupied in the northeast, we still need the Chadians and Cameroonians to come and rescue us.

We should all be ashamed! What have we come to? Jonathan just has to go.

“a clear case of political blackmail of the state against civil society”.


GEJ, you are too desperate for my liking.

From being an opportunist to being a Desperado.

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