INEC Chairman, Jega Surrendered To Service Chiefs – NUD.
Nigerians United for Democracy (NUD), a coalition of civil society groups, has described the statement attributed to INEC chairman, Professor Attahiru Jega, that only the service chiefs can guarantee the March general election as a great disservice to the nation. The group argued that by that statement, Prof Jega surrendered INEC’s constitutional powers to the service chiefs.
According to a statement signed by the NUD Kano wing coordinator, Dr Abdullahi Baffa Bichi, the March 28 election is still not sacrosanct considering Jega’s submission before the Senate last week, and called on the National Assembly to extract a firm undertaking from the national security adviser and security chiefs that the election would not be further postponed.
Below is an extract from the published statement;
“As far as we are concerned, the postponement of the elections at the instance of service chiefs cannot be justified in the law. It was a plot to undermine the democratic process and prevent Nigerians from exercising their right of franchise. Having fought the war for six years, there is no indication that the Boko Haram sect would be wiped out in six weeks. Since the operation is limited to 14 local governments there was no basis for not holding election in the remaining 760 local government areas in the federation”
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