My worry here is that PDP and their agents like
Ijaw leader, E.K. Clarke are talking too much
about this issue of postponement.
OluFamous.Com gathered that the incumbent
government is in serious panic.
Following a grueling 8-hour meeting on
Thursday, the National Council of State
emphatically rejected the move by the
Presidency and the PDP to postpone the 2015
general elections at all cost.
The meeting, according to SR, was President
Goodluck Jonathan’s final effort to rescue an
election that seems to have got away from him
as many Nigerians seem ready to vote
Muhammadu Buhari.
When it was time for INEC chairman,
Attahiru Jega, to speak, he shocked the
meeting by disclosing that just before he
entered the Council chambers, Jonathan’s
National Security Advisor (NSA), Sambo
Dasuki , had handed him a report saying
that the security services could not
guarantee security during the elections.
Dasuki, he stated, emphasized that 14 Local
Government Areas in North East would be
compromised.
President Jonathan, at meeting, also cited
security concerns and lack of preparedness by
INEC as reasons for coming out to seek for the
postponement of the elections.
But Presidency sources at the meeting said that
all the former Heads of State spoke in favor of
holding the general elections on February 14th
and February 28th 2015, as scheduled by INEC.
Muhammadu Buhari, the presidential candidate
of the APC, also spoke calmly but firmly against
the proposal.
The sources revealed that Jega responded the
security questions, stating “We are better off
[more secure] than in 2011 ” elections. He also
argued that the security situation in 14 LGAs
should not interfere with a country of over 700
such councils.
Professor Jega also said that all Permanent
Voting Cards (PVCs) were ready for voters and
that their availability should no longer be
considered an issue. Our sources say that when
Jega finishing giving his presentation, the
majority of the room clapped in support and
respect.
One source disclosed to SR that after Jega’s
presentation, aides to President Jonathan sent a
signal to Ijaw leader, Edwin Clark, Alex Ekwueme
and Senator Okunrounmu to release a “dossier”
that was in the possession of the group against
Jega. That group then quickly organized a press
conference in Abuja to demand Jega’s removal
from INEC and get him arrested and tried for
“treason”.
Contrary to Jega’s positive reception at the
Council of State, the group, in a fall-back
strategy the president seemed to have approved
of in advance, claimed that the INEC boss had
colluded with some Northern “leaders” to cheat
the South of the Presidency.
Jega has insisted that with the PVC, nobody can
rig the election. The votes of Nigerians must
count.
source
Olufamous
