With the postponement of the elections
by the Independent National Electoral
Commission (INEC) the Presidency has
launched a two-pronged war to ensure
that President Goodluck Jonathan wins
the elections beyond any doubt
Vanguard reports.
The two strategies are to stop Gen.
Muhammadu Buhari, the All Progressives
Congress (APC) presidential candidate
from contesting the election with
President Jonathan and the replacement
of Prof Attahiru Jega the INEC Chairman,
with a less independent minded person.
Jega has been described by hawks around
the president of being too independent-
minded and ‘uncooperative’ despite being
given the job on a platter of gold by the
president’s men.
According to Vanguard, Jega might have
unwittingly played into the hands of the
forces arrayed against him by agreeing to
shift the elections.
The move to remove him (Jega) and the
legal fireworks against Buhari, would be
taken up simultaneously with effect from
this week given the time frame made
possible by the shift.
Although Jega reluctantly succumbed to
pressure from the Presidency and its
security chiefs to shift the polls, he might
still not be allowed by the forces to
conduct the rescheduled elections
between March 28 and April 11.
Vanguard gathered from competent
sources that the Presidency was no longer
comfortable with Jega and was, therefore,
working tirelessly to get him out of the
commission to pave the way for a more
‘trusted hand’ to conduct the rescheduled
elections.
It was learnt that the forces arrayed
against the INEC boss had convinced the
President not to renew Jega’s tenure,
which is expected to lapse on June 13 this
year. The forces, it was learnt, felt that
Jega was rather too ‘difficult’ to deal
with, having not allowed himself to be
dictated to by anyone since assuming
office like other appointees of the
government.
The Presidency is considering bringing in
another academic from the South-West,
who is currently heading a tertiary
institution in the country. The professor
of Political Science and International
Relations is said to be a sibling of a
serving governor in the South-West, who
is a close ally of President Jonathan and
his party.
As a prelude to removing Jega from
office, some close allies of the President
had started accusing him of taking side
with the opposition to undermine the
success of Jonathan and his party in the
next election.
However it would be recalled that,
President Jonathan’s godfather, Chief
Edwin Clark had accused Prof. Jega of
working against the interest of the
president and the PDP and asked him to
resign from the commission.
by the Independent National Electoral
Commission (INEC) the Presidency has
launched a two-pronged war to ensure
that President Goodluck Jonathan wins
the elections beyond any doubt
Vanguard reports.
The two strategies are to stop Gen.
Muhammadu Buhari, the All Progressives
Congress (APC) presidential candidate
from contesting the election with
President Jonathan and the replacement
of Prof Attahiru Jega the INEC Chairman,
with a less independent minded person.
Jega has been described by hawks around
the president of being too independent-
minded and ‘uncooperative’ despite being
given the job on a platter of gold by the
president’s men.
According to Vanguard, Jega might have
unwittingly played into the hands of the
forces arrayed against him by agreeing to
shift the elections.
The move to remove him (Jega) and the
legal fireworks against Buhari, would be
taken up simultaneously with effect from
this week given the time frame made
possible by the shift.
Although Jega reluctantly succumbed to
pressure from the Presidency and its
security chiefs to shift the polls, he might
still not be allowed by the forces to
conduct the rescheduled elections
between March 28 and April 11.
Vanguard gathered from competent
sources that the Presidency was no longer
comfortable with Jega and was, therefore,
working tirelessly to get him out of the
commission to pave the way for a more
‘trusted hand’ to conduct the rescheduled
elections.
It was learnt that the forces arrayed
against the INEC boss had convinced the
President not to renew Jega’s tenure,
which is expected to lapse on June 13 this
year. The forces, it was learnt, felt that
Jega was rather too ‘difficult’ to deal
with, having not allowed himself to be
dictated to by anyone since assuming
office like other appointees of the
government.
The Presidency is considering bringing in
another academic from the South-West,
who is currently heading a tertiary
institution in the country. The professor
of Political Science and International
Relations is said to be a sibling of a
serving governor in the South-West, who
is a close ally of President Jonathan and
his party.
As a prelude to removing Jega from
office, some close allies of the President
had started accusing him of taking side
with the opposition to undermine the
success of Jonathan and his party in the
next election.
However it would be recalled that,
President Jonathan’s godfather, Chief
Edwin Clark had accused Prof. Jega of
working against the interest of the
president and the PDP and asked him to
resign from the commission.
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