The chair of the electoral commission however
expressed concern that the Nigerian armed forces,
despite openly claiming to be fully prepared for
the elections, had refused to meet with INEC to
discuss specific roles that each of would play in
order to help safeguard electoral materials and
distribute them across the nation.
BY SAHARAREPORTERS, NEW YORK
FEB 05, 2015
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Prof. Mahmud Jega
Attahiru Jega, chairman of Nigeria’s Independent
National Electoral Commission (INEC), has told
his aides that he plans to inform tomorrow’s
meeting of the Council of State that his
commission is fully prepared for the February 14,
2015 elections. According to INEC sources who
spoke to SaharaReporters, Mr. Jega indicated
that he also intended to brief the council on a few
outstanding minor logistical issues which he said
INEC would be able to take care of in the next
week.
The chair of the electoral commission however
expressed concern that the Nigerian armed forces,
despite openly claiming to be fully prepared for
the elections, had refused to meet with INEC to
discuss specific roles that each of would play in
order to help safeguard electoral materials and
distribute them across the nation.
One source said that some INEC officials believe
that the military’s uncooperative attitude arose
from a scheme by President Goodluck Jonathan
and his supporters to frustrate the elections. As
far back as October 2014, SaharaReporters had
disclosed that Mr. Jonathan was less interested in
the elections than in the elongation of his tenure.
Mr. Jonathan called a meeting of the Council of
State to hold in Abuja tomorrow, February 5. Our
sources said the president’s major agenda was to
persuade former Nigerian leaders, some state
governors and opposition figures to agree to the
idea of postponing the elections for at least two
months. The president’s main argument,
according to those familiar with the scheme, is
that INEC was ill-prepared to hold elections on
February 14.
One source told our correspondent that Mr.
Jonathan had secured the full support of former
military dictator, Ibrahim Babangida, for the
postponement of the elections. Mr. Babangida’s
political legacy included annulling the June 12,
1993 presidential polls, an action that precipitated
a major political crisis in Nigeria for several years.
The election had been described by local and
foreign observers as freest and fairest.
A source told SaharaReporters that former
President Olusegun Obasanjo plans to boycott
tomorrow’s meeting of the Council of States. As
at press time, our correspondence was unable to
find out if Muhammed Buhari, the presidential
candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC),
plans to attend the council meeting. An aide of
Mr. Buhari’s said the presidential candidate
would lead opposition governors to the council in
order to fight against the extension.
Should Mr. Jonathan succeed in postponing the
election by two months, Mr. Jega would be
approximately one month away from the end of
his tenure. , the President will send him on a
terminal leave and bring in his replacement to
conduct the election, but Saharareporters has
learnt that the President doesn’t have any interest
in conducting elections instead he is interested in
pushing for a two-year Interim Government of
National Unity to be headed by him. His aides are
supposed to meet with the National Leader of the
APC, Bola Tinubu to offer his a position as the VP
slot on the IGNU.

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Corrupt

That's GEJ's military for u..soooo corrupt

"JEGA should simply call the Chadian and cameroonian soldiers",..I believe it will work

Me am ready

you want them to explain to bloody civilians so that bloody media will sell out the info!

up military!

shadowgwalker:
you want them to explain to bloody civilians so that bloody media will sell out the info!

up military!

Indomie brain like okupe.

tosin2013:


Indomie brain like okupe.

m'pa gi!

GEJ being the dullard he is has not bothered learning from history. The positive that may come out of all these is that GEJ is about to write down his name as the failure and clueless individual he truly is.The man does not deserve any positive highlight in Nigeria's history and doesn't even deserve to sit in any council of state meeting when he leaves office.

Na wa for all of una ooh. No be una dey complain even go court to collect and sama ruling against army participation in election matter. Abeg make we stop to the eat our cake and still expect to have the cake.

GOD have mercy on us and save this nation Nigeria from us Nigerians

enm:
Na wa for all of una ooh. No be una dey complain even go court to collect and sama ruling against army participation in election matter. Abeg make we stop to the eat our cake and still expect to have the cake.
GOD have mercy on us and save this nation Nigeria from us Nigerians

i had thought they were all hailing the sokwoto high court that outlawed the use of military during elections?
has inec appealed that ruling?

[img]buhari hand[/img]

i just pity all of una

tit:


i had thought they were all hailing the sokwoto high court that outlawed the use of military during elections?
has inec appealed that ruling?

The matter tire me ooh. Hian Nigerians