The House of Representatives in Nigeria has warned against the removal of the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Attahiru Jega, by any individual or institutions.



The warning came on Tuesday after a motion, seeking to stop any planned removal of Professor Jega was adopted by the House.

The motion was sponsored by Ali Ahmad, a lawmaker from Kwara State.

There were oppositions to the motion, but they were not enough to pull the needed vote to stop the motion.

Submitting the motion, Mr Ahmed said: “Any alteration to the status quo arrangement in whatever form at this crucial stage will invariably lead to further postponement of the date elections. Further concerned that such threats to tamper with the status quo may take several forms, such as illegal removal of the INEC Chairman”.

But the Deputy Minority Leader of the House, Mr Leo Ogor, opposed the motion, saying that the motion was totally speculative, as the lawmaker was not precise about what was happening or who was planning the removal.

He said that nobody was interested in removing Professor Jega.

Mr Ogor’s opinion was, however, overruled by the Speaker of the House, Mr Aminu Tambuwal, before the motion was put up for vote.

A larger number of the House supported the motion moved by Mr Ahmed, which sought to stop any planned removal of the chairman of the electoral body and it was adopted.

The issue was also echoed by the speaker when he received members of the Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room at the National Assembly.

Mr Tambuwal rejected the idea of an interim government in Nigeria and the suggestions that the INEC chairman should proceed on terminal leave.

Several members of the opposition All Progressives Congress have alleged that there were plans by the executive to ask the chairman of the electoral body to proceed on terminal leave before the election.

But during a Presidential Media Chat in February, President Goodluck Jonathan said there were no plans to sack the chairman of INEC, saying “the rumours belonged to the garbage world”.

www.channelstv.com/2015/03/03/reps-adopt-motion-against-removal-of-jega/

All PDP plans will fail!

SuperSuave:
All PDP plans will fail!

like postponment of d election failed abi? Fool pls wake up from slumber.

If GEJ wants Jega to go, he will go and nothing will happen..

OREMUSSANCTUS:
like postponment of d election failed abi? Fool pls wake up from slumber.

you be werey! Inec wasn't ready

SuperSuave:
you be werey! Inec wasn't ready

so whoz now d werey, u or d oda thugs? Tort ya guys said jega was ready buh pdp were afraid of defeat, bro go read more cos am no ready to expose ya daft dull smelling brain!

Why not wait till expiration of his tenure.

JEGA Is galant and swear in gej into office, he should be allow to see how nigerians ll send dis clueless man back to his creeks in otuoke.

Tell me how motion from house of rep stops d genuine decision of d executive Nigerian law does not make it mandatory for d executive to act upon. I am surprise d lawmakers dont know this

GEJ wan turn tyrant o, kinni gbogbo eleyii gan , aso rock resemble ur house at otuoke? what a modern day mario
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Apc should explain their links with jega is too suspicious gaan

Every single plan of GEJ shall suffer resistance from now on! Election postponement is the last! Mark my words!

OREMUSSANCTUS:
so whoz now d werey, u or d oda thugs? Tort ya guys said jega was ready buh pdp were afraid of defeat, bro go read more cos am no ready to expose ya daft dull smelling brain!

you dull! So ur brain now smells? e-goat oshi!

SuperSuave:
you dull! So ur brain now smells? e-goat oshi!

u feel every1 is as dull as apc thugs, u just shot yaself, so die yaself.

But truly, it has been just speculations. The office of the presidency has been smeared by baseless accusations a lot. The APC is now the majority in parliament and they know it is unconstitutional to remove the head of the INEC without their approval, yet many people have turned GEJ to a dictator by accusing him of planning to remove Jega.
Hopefully, this news should bring to rest all the accusations.

No Jega, No election. No card reader mechine, No election. GEJ's tenure expires 29th May, 2015. Jega's tenure expires 30th June, 2015. So GEJ will first leave b4 Jega because his time in office will expire b4 that of Jega.

No Jega, No election. No card reader mechine, No election. GEJ's tenure expires 29th May, 2015. Jega's tenure expires 30th June, 2015. So GEJ will first leave b4 Jega because his time in office will expire b4 that of Jega. This the headache GEJ has now.

OREMUSSANCTUS:
like postponment of d election failed abi? Fool pls wake up from slumber.

Ah! So you admit that was a PDP plan.

So why did the PDP come out to say they had nothing to do with it and were even hoping that the election will hold because they were sure of victory? lol

Why did your president claim he knew nothing about it and even the service chiefs that report to him did not tell him about the security issues that made them advise a postponement?

With your singular "intelligent" statement that condradicts the above, who really should wake up? LOL

Nnna...Na Wa ooooo

CHANGE Jega

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But why are they suspectingg anyfin?

The "Technology driven party" no want card readers abi?? Wuna plan don fail...all motions to shun the use of card readers will be fully resisted. All motions to remove Jega and install a PDP stooge will also be resisted. Make we see how PDP wan rig this one. Clueless fools who want to force themselves down our throats despite all their failures.

Na wao!
I just want this March 28th to come and go

Good. Very good!

'No' to rigging. Rigging is corruption.

'Yes' to Card Reader


Shame to all enemies of Jega

CyberTerrorist:
If GEJ wants Jega to go, he will go and nothing will happen..

It is like you want GEJ dead before he returns to Otuoke.

Haba our abled representatives it is not removing inec boss we are aftter but following cardinal point awaiting nigerian in the next three week '
Don't forget on march 28th, we need to
#march4BUHARI
#sendGEJout
#sendMAMAPEACEtoOTOUKEtoOTOUKEmarket
#lockOKUPEmouth
#sentenceDIEZANItoKIRIKIRI
#sendIBBtoEXILE.

CyberTerrorist:
If GEJ wants Jega to go, he will go and nothing will happen..

but 2/3 of the house can stop him.that is what we call check and balance