Speculations that President Goodluck Jonathan intends to fire the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Attahiru Jega, before the general elections, intensified Friday after the Federal Government refused to give a clear commitment on the matter.
Responding to concerns that the electoral chief would soon be mandated to proceed on a terminal leave, the Minister of Information‎, Edem Duke, gave an uncertain response, saying Mr. Jega’s exit will follow a “natural course”.
Although he re-echoed President Goodluck Jonathan’s comments last two weeks that he had not informed anyone of any plans to sack the INEC boos, Mr. Duke said that did not imply that when it is time for Mr. Jega “to naturally exit his office, then the natural course of things will not take place”.
“I think all of that is in the terrain of the Presidency and he has spoken. I have nothing to add to that,” he added.
On Thursday, members of the Nigerian Senate belonging to the All Progressives Congress, APC, had accused Mr. Jonathan of plotting to ask Mr. Jega to proceed on pre-retirement leave next week.

They promised to resist the alleged plot.

Mr. Duke criticised the APC for fuelling speculations about Mr. Jega’s removal.
“I will also like to say once on that issue. I recall that for several weeks now, people keep threatening the President on the shift in the date of the poll. You begin to wonder that parties have a couple of extra weeks in order to reinvigorate their campaigns and try to reach as many voters as possible,” he said.
“Rather than do that, you begin to identify imaginary pockets of unlikely developments and then focus your attention on them and then when you lose election, you begin to complain.”

Northern elders reject move to sack Jega

Meanwhile, the Northern Elders Forum has warned the presidency to jettison any plot to remove Mr. Jega head of the general elections, saying such move will be a ​”​recipe for disaster​”​.
The spokesperson for the group, Ango Abdullahi, said “any attempt at this last minute by this government or its agency to remove Jega is a clear message that this govern­ment is determined to rig an election in which they see Jega as an impediment simply because he thinks that the commission must follow the rules for a free and fair and credible elec­tion”.
Sacking “Jega at this material time will be a recipe for disaster”, Mr. Abdullahi warned at a press conference Friday.
He said the excuse given for postponement of the general elections, earlier scheduled for February 14 and 28, to March 28 and April 11, was “flimsy, clumsy and indefensible”.
Speaking against background of security concern cited for the poll shift, he said, “the NEF viewed it as unacceptable because only a small frac­tion of the security per­sonnel in the country are directly engaged in the battle against insurgency within the north east en­clave of the country.
“We also know that even in countries such as Egypt, Iraq, Syria, Pakistan , Sri Lanka and more recently Afghanistan where full scale wars were still rag­ing when they decided that election could still be held and indeed were held.”
Stating further, he accused the “the ruling elite” of plot to scuttle the elections and ‎ultimately Nigeria’s democracy.

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This crazy northern elders at it again.If maurice iwu was sent on an adminstrative leave nothing will stop Jega from going on his own too because it is supported by the constution which requires a public officer to go on an adminstrative leave 3 months before the end if his tenure.He will go and nothing will happen.If this rabid old men try any nonsense i trust our soldiers to whip them back in line.

Isn't this same rabid group that was screaming genocide that led to the removal of the best COAS so far ihejirika.They even threatened to sue him and till today ihejirika is enjoying his retirement

Next thing they will issue one useless ultimatum.

Meanwhile GEJ till 2019

Why is it that majority of those who want Nigeria to divide supports Jonathan? I believe there must be something cooking.

PDP should better stay clear of Jega. The best the party can do now is help Jonathan is packing his load.

sack jega and watch APC boycott the elections. We will go ahead and form our parallel government. As simple as ABC

Northern elders so much luv disasters i guess
Jega will go on terminal leave just like d man before him did
Jega's own won't b different and there will b no disasters

Who made them northern elders and who are they representing??

jega's terminal leave is constitutional, there's nothing the northern elders and apc law makers can do to resist a legal move like this. If they had not made any pre-arrangment with jega in their favour, why then do they want him to stay in office even when he's supposed to be on terminal leave.......they're joking

ozoigbondu:
[s]This crazy northern elders at it again.If maurice iwu was sent on an adminstrative leave nothing will stop Jega from going on his own too.He will go and nothing will happen.If this rabid old men try any nonsense i trust our soldiers to whip them back in line.

Isn't this same rabid group that was screaming genocide that led to the removal of the best COAS so far ihejirika.They even threatened to sue him and till today ihejirika is enjoying his retirement.

Meanwhile GEJ till 2019 [/s]

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Professor Attahiru Jega remain the substantive chairman of INEC and chief returning officer for the 2015 presidential election till JUNE when his tenure will expire.

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fkaz:


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[/s]never again will you type trash

We won't sack him, he is going to drop his resignation letter. It will just play out like tales by moonlite.

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kastonkastrol:
sack jega and watch APC boycott the elections. We will go ahead and form our parallel government. As simple as ABC

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Indeed empty vessel make the loudest noise
Why dint you guys protest agter they postpone the election ?

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kastonkastrol:
sack jega and watch APC boycott the elections. We will go ahead and form our parallel government. As simple as ABC

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Indeed empty vessel make the loudest noise
Why dint you guys protest after they postpone the election ?

What is madness?

Madness is when you think voting for Buhari will automatically turn you to a Mark Zuckerberg

Madness is when you think voting for Buhari will automatically give you 24/7 hour electricity (Let there be light, and there was light)

Madness is when you think voting for Buhari will land you a job in Shell

Madness is when you think voting for Buhari will eradicate your personal & family problems.

Madness is when you think voting a Buhari will automatically land GOODLUCK & FAYOSE in Kirikiri, while TINUBU & AMAECHI moves freely from Lagos to Bayelsa, Abuja to Delta.

What is madness?

Madness is YOU, if you've ever assume any of the above will come to pass

I remember vividly on presidential media chat, GEJ said there's no plan to sack Jega or forcing him to go on terminal leave

kodded:
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Indeed empty vessel make the loudest noise
Why dint you guys protest after they postpone the election ?

that's because we know what PDP are planning to do if we had protested.

fkaz:


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[quote author=kastonkastrol post=31165339]sack jega and watch APC boycott the elections. We will go ahead and form our parallel government. As simple as ABC[/quote

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egift:
Why is it that majority of those who want Nigeria to divide supports Jonathan? I believe there must be something cooking.

PDP should better stay clear of Jega. The best the party can do now is help Jonathan is packing his load.

Bro, why will GEJ sack Jega that's about to continue his administrative retirement leave?

Jega will go on his retirement leave, and NOTHING will happen.

GEJ is winning the elections!

nigerians are watching

kodded:
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Indeed empty vessel make the loudest noise
Why dint you guys protest after they postpone the election ?

You shouldh have known. Elections were postponed and NOTHING happened. In the same way, Jega will proceed on his retirement leave and again, NOTHING will happen.

Utter crap.

Northern elders should come out against Boko Haram not yap ceaselessly about basic rule of law.

What is good for Iwu is good for Jega.

kodded:
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Indeed empty vessel make the loudest noise
Why dint you guys protest agter they postpone the election ?

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egift:
Why is it that majority of those who want Nigeria to divide supports Jonathan? I believe there must be something cooking.

PDP should better stay clear of Jega. The best the party can do now is help Jonathan is packing his load.

No smart person truly wants Nigeria to divide; it's an ill wind that will blow no one any good.

We have our reasons for supporting him, and division of the Nation isn't one of them....

The Northern Elders Forum has started again!

eaglechild:
Utter crap.

Northern elders should come out against Boko Haram not yap ceaselessly about basic rule of law.

What is good for Iwu is good for Jega.[b][/b]

Period.

Gf

JUST IS A GONER, NO ONE OR ANY GROUP OF PEOPLE CAN STOP HIM

kastonkastrol:
sack jega and watch APC boycott the elections. We will go ahead and form our parallel government. As simple as ABC

When you are not constitutionally recognized? You will be treated as a state within a state. Thus you will be flushed out like your Boko haram brothers... Nuisance.

Oh this elders still dey?

Franchise21:
I remember vividly on presidential media chat, GEJ said there's no plan to sack Jega or forcing him to go on terminal leave

Jega won't be sacked, he will simply be required by constitutional provisions to proceed on terminal leave which is compulsory three months to the end of a public servant's tenure.

It is entirely constitutional ...