Former Resident Electoral Commissioner for Ekiti State Mrs. Ayoka Adebayo bowed yesterday to public pressure: she quit her job.

Mrs Ayoka served a notice of resignation on the management of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

It was learnt that the notice was submitted personally by Mrs. Adebayo at the office of the INEC chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega.

The resignation of Mrs. Adebayo, who is now the outgoing REC in Ondo State, will however take effect from January 1, next year.

Investigation by The Nation showed that Mrs Adebayo threw in the towel, following talks with Jega, her role model, ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo, and her relatives.

It was learnt that based on the outcome of the talks, Mrs. Adebayo last Thursday directed her staff in Ondo State to start preparing her handover notes.

The sudden directive was said to have caught most of her staff unawares.

It was gathered that the staff later discovered that Mrs. Adebayo had written a draft of her resignation letter, which was eventually submitted to INEC yesterday.

A reliable source, who spoke in confidence, said: “Mrs. Adebayo came to INEC headquarters yesterday with some of her aides. I think she came to submit the notice of disengagement.

“But all top officials of the commission kept the information under wraps. She will certainly leave by January.

“Since Mrs. Adebayo had talks with Jega about two weeks ago, there had been pressure on her to quit because there is no way INEC could conduct election in 2011 with a controversial REC.

“We learnt that during interaction with Mrs. Adebayo, the INEC chairman also persuaded her to step aside as ‘a matter of sacrifice for the nation and its electoral process, not as a result of any indictment’. Jega knew that INEC could only advise the REC because the commission has no power to remove her.

“At a point, Jega told Mrs Ayoka that there is only one year age gap between the woman and his mother. So, he asked Mrs. Adebayo to see his advice as a “son-to-mother type.”

It was also gathered that ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo, who is Mrs. Adebayo’s role model and godfather, advised her to “quit since she is not being appreciated despite her sacrifice during the April 2009 Ekiti governorship poll re-run”.

The source added: “I can assure you that she is leaving for good. Going by the tone of her draft resignation letter, she might quit from January 1, 2011.”

All INEC, who could confirm Mrs Ayoka’s resignation notice, switched off their telephones last night.


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Finally!!!!!!!!!

I hope Madam Dora will follow too.

Finally! Good riddance to bad rubbish

Its long overdue. GOOD RIDANCE

She is going to enjoy her loot

What is she now, like 77 years old? Madam Ayoka, once labeled a heroine of the Ekiti people, and sentimental Nigerians out there, resigning? WHY?? OH WHY do they leave us just when we are getting to know what they are made of?

Kobojunkie:

What is she now, like 77 years old? Madam Ayoka, once labeled a heroine of the Ekiti people, and sentimental Nigerians out there, resigning? WHY?? OH WHY do they leave us just when we are getting to know what they are made of?

Why do you like asking stupit questions.
It seems to be your thing to ask elementary qustions that can be answered via 'google.'

Look at it objectively. This poor old woman's life could have been threatened. She's done the honorable thing anyway considering that the Appeal Court judgement is a direct indictment on her pronouncement (not necessarily her conduct of the elections)

Resignation is not enough. She should tell us her complicity in the controversial Ekiti re-run election before she do any owanbe thanksgiving party.mschew

Good she is stepping down but the same , or worse, should happen to several REC's indicted negatively by Court judgements annulling elections they presided over. Sickening how wrongdoing never seems to be punished in Nigeria yet Nigerians expect an improvement on how things are done.

Bowing out now in shame. A thing she should have done when her integrity was intact.

Gbawe:

Good she is stepping down but the same , or worse, should happen to several REC's indicted negatively by Court judgements annulling elections they presided over. Sickening how wrongdoing never seems to be punished in Nigeria yet Nigerians expect an improvement on how things are done.

In fact, resignation of such RECs should be automatic while court prosecution should take place immediately after. If such tough policies are put in place, everyone in INEC would sit up.

desgiezd:

Bowing out now in shame. A thing she should have done when her integrity was intact.

In fact, resignation of such RECs should be automatic while court prosecution should take place immediately after. If such tough policies are put in place, everyone in INEC would sit up.

My brother, we can only but dream. When the man (GEJ) who wields greatest executive power , and must thus lead by example, is busy supporting the re-election efforts of an election rigger (Uduaghan) then it is clear we are yet to gain a sincere Government that understands that electoral misconduct can only be drastically reduced in Nigeria if there is automatic severe and harsh punishment for those who attempt to truncate the electoral will of Nigerians.

Good riddance. "Confused Woman Of The Year".

I am sure the slap she received during the past Ekiti jungle justice has left a bitter taste in her mouth.

Who wants to be kidnapped twice in a lifetime by Ekiti political thugs?

What was she doing there in the first place?

Mama should respect herself and go attend to her grandchildren. Ekiti politics is not a place for feeble old women.

"I yammu still a BLACK MAMBA of the INEC family"!!!


See Ekiti basket-mouth?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ob0UIrg_1tM&feature=related

Too late to quit

better late than never

dappssee:

Look at it objectively. This poor old woman's life could have been threatened. She's done the honorable thing anyway considering that the Appeal Court judgement is a direct indictment on her pronouncement (not necessarily her conduct of the elections)

You really think she is the poor one here? Ask the millions of Ekiti people who lost out of a good year as a result of your MAMA's actions last year. She did the honorable thing 1 year and a half after the elections? Weeks fter the fraud she helped put back in Office was forced to step down? OMG!!!

Kobojunkie:

You really think she is the poor one here? Ask the millions of Ekiti people who lost out of a good year as a result of your MAMA's actions last year. She did the honorable thing 1 year and a half after the elections? Weeks fter the fraud she helped put back in Office was forced to step down? OMG!!!

My thoughts exactly. What's honorable about her resignation. It's simply good riddance of foul smell!

Good riddance to f*u*c*k*i*n*g* ass, mama 419, tuck your tail and go drop yourself in the lake
jaguda mama ole

What did she gain nw.wat a big shame.

Rubbish, she was free to resign immediately Iwururu was removed!