spott:
By Soni Daniel, Regional Editor, North
ABUJA — With the successful 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 election convincingly.
Anambra Supplementary Election: INEC Chairman Prof. Attahiru Jega addressing pressmen , announcing November 30 for Supplementary election at Anambra State while National Commissioner Lawrence Nwuruku looks on in Abuja. Photo by Gbemiga Olamikan.
The two strategies are to stop Muhammadu Buhari, the All Progressives Congress candidate from contesting the election with Jonathan and the replacement of the INEC Chairman, Prof Attahiru Jega, with a less independent-minded person. Jega, it was gathered, had 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.
Vanguard learnt that Jega might have unwittingly played into the hands of the forces arrayed against him by agreeing to shift the elections.
Legal war to disqualify Buhari
Competent sources said last night that the move to remove Jega and the legal fireworks against Buhari, would be taken up simultaneously with effect from this week given the timeframe made possible by the shift.
The retired general is to be prosecuted by a team of legal luminaries for ‘lying on oath’ that he had a school certificate with the Nigerian Army when he knew that it was untrue. The plaintiffs are said to have settled for trying Buhari for alleged ‘perjury’ instead of outright non-possession of certificate following legal advice that the latter would be more difficult to prove within the time at their disposal.
Vanguard learnt that 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.
It was learnt that in a bid to sweep off Jega from his seat without raising any dust, he would be asked to comply with the civil service procedure by proceeding on his three months terminal leave with effect from March 1, this year since he is expected to retire on June 13.
S-West gov’s brother may replace Jega
Vanguard gathered that in his place, the Presidency was 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 Goodluck Jonathan and his party.
Competent sources also told Vanguard last night that although the name of the academic had been made known in security circles, it was not clear whether the man had been cleared by the forces with a view to sending his name to the National Assembly for possible confirmation, as required by law.
Working against Jonathan’s interest

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. Earlier last week, Jonathan’s godfather, Chief Edwin Clark and other prominent politicians from the Southern part of the country had accused Jega of working against the interest of the president and the PDP and asked him to resign from the commission.
Although no evidence was adduced by Clark and his group to support their allegation, they nonetheless called for the arrest of Jega. Similarly, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Affairs, Dr. Doyin Okupe, on Saturday, said Jega had lied about the state of the commission’s preparedness for the conduct of the election.
In the same vein, the National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Mr. Olisa Metuh, accused INEC of working with the opposition to deny its members of permanent voter cards in some states. He called on the security agents to probe the commission over the development.
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/02/presidency-shops-jegas-replacement/

IN A LITTLE WHILE THOSE WHO DONT KNOW HIM WILL KNOW WHAT A MESS OUR OGA GEJ IS

nastyesco:
Jonathan is playing with the balls of a sleeping lion

Ur lion has no balls

Raiders:
personally, I wish the election was not postpone by INEC because it might lead to problem. My unbaised prediction for the next 6 weeks is that the real reason PDP wanted the election postpone is that they want more time to get Buhari disqualified by the court for perjury in his waec certificate. If the election had held on 14th February there wont have been much time for the court to decide.

I also believe PDP will get a judge to disqualified Buhari because the case is now in court and should be resolve before 6 weeks time. If Buhari is disqualified by the court, it would lead to serious problem in the country and might end up leading to civil war or military coup because the opposition party APC would not participate in all governorship, senatorial and presidential elections. I just pray for Nigeria because the future looks really bleak for the country right now. I also hope GEJ is not trying to hold on to power at all cost.

I don't think Jega will be sacked because GEJ is not that clueless to make that kind of decision just 6 weeks to the election. Jega just have 3 months left and I don't think his appointment will be renewed when it expires by May.

You are right but nobody is above the law so Buhari can be disqualify by court if the accusation of perjury is true and the court do the needful. I think PDP has a plan but we will fold our hands and watch the outcomes

malele:


Ur lion has no balls

so u think if GEJ does this there are no repercussions?

Pangea:
Jega is a bloody coward!
He deserved to be sacked!

Why can't Nigerians stand for what is right ?

He knew the game plan well before hand and he still went ahead to play their script!
By postponing the election he had rubbished all he had work for all his life.

Coward!

u should blame GEJ for this.

I am still a goodluck supporter but goodluck sacking Jega will be my final straw.

spott:
GEJ IS A DISGRACE... SIMPLE

MARCH IN BUHARI AND MARCH OUT GEJ
THE FREEDOM "MARCH" -
They said he is not electable. Now that it's time to put their claim to test, they are running pillar to post trying to stop the only test that will prove them right or wrong.
They said Nigerians love Jonathan. Now that it's time for Nigerians to show how much they love him, the are afraid to subject him to public test.
They said Nigerians want continuity not change. Now that it's time for Nigerians to speak in favor of continuity or change, they wouldn't let Nigerians make their choices.
They said he's a military despot while they are democrats yet, he want elections and they hate elections.
They said their reason for the shift is to secure Nigeria from Boko Haram. How could they make Nigeria secure enough for elections in few weeks when they couldn't secure it in 5 years?
They said he is dishonest and they are honest yet, he always keep his words while they always break their promises.
We said they are clueless and they said they are prepared yet, it took them a week to elections to realize Nigeria is a security mess that need the concentration of the armed forces to be cleaned at the expense of a promising general election.
They said Nigeria is safe yet, "unsafe" Afghanistan, Iraq and Sudan conducted credible elections where a "safe" Nigeria failed.
Be it February or March, a bad government will remain a bad government that must be sacked. No matter how long you delay the burial of a corpse, the dead never return.
KEEP THE HOPE ALIVE
#MARCH4BUHARI

APC, plan has f.uck themselves up. U may not understand. We must have free and fair election. i.e election without bias.

When I say these people are looking for war they will call me names. nobody wants to experience violence but what PDP is doing can only lead there.

We must be wise.

let the elections hold and let peace reign.

It was learnt that in a bid to sweep off Jega from his seat without raising any dust, he would be asked to [size=15pt]comply with the civil service procedure by proceeding on his three months terminal leave [/size] with effect from March 1, this year since he is expected to retire on June 13.

He is not expected to continue after 1st of march, the rules have to be followed whether APC likes it or not.

Buhari the boko haram leader is in trouble. .lol

GEJ tormenting APC and showing dem he is boss since 1900

malele:
GEJ is cool, if it was me, i will fire jega replace him with somebody thaT will rig the whole election iN favor of PDP,and nothing will happen.

and you end up like Gbagbo of Ivory Coast, simple

freshness2020:
...GEJ; giving APC headache!
..I thought they say he is clueless, the more they say so , the more he shows them how authorising he can be!
<<FORWARD MARCH for GEJ2015!

See ur campaign bus says forward is backwards. Are u on the same page?

this is not a news report but plain propaganda. no Nigerian should take any so called news report based on UNNAMED sources. the simple truth is that if buhari is the president, he would bundle close down this newspaper and bundle their staffs into indefinite detention without trial for writing this sort of article against him. buhari have been summoned to appear in court today to defend his supposed certificate, that is the reason all types of so called newspapers are running all sorts of articles to make it look like PDP wants to have buhari disqualified unjustly but the simple truth is that he will atmost be asked to apply for a confirmation of result from either waec or Cambridge. the general held belief is that he doesn't have the said results and would be arrested and charged for perjury when exposed by Cambridge. also jega is bound to proceed on terminal leave come March 1, everybody does so including youth corp members l. the way jega handled the buhari certificate issue was very unprofessional, he would have asked him to attach either a copy of the original certificate or a confirmation of result from Cambridge instead r arrogantly telling tax payers to go to court. w confirmation of result is done by every student of higher institutions of learning before graduation, so why should buhari be any different? jega should also comment on issues raised about him receiving 150 laptops per northern state and giving PVCs to village heads to share in the north

why is this fisherman afraid na ...is it that he knows he will lose this elections.. from postponement to finding how to sack jega...you will lose even if you sack jega

malele:
GEJ is cool, if it was me, i will fire jega replace him with somebody thaT will rig the whole election iN favor of PDP,and nothing will happen.

smh.......what a pity!

Undisclosed sources

Nigeria and dirty politics

Any civilian that lets himself die for these liars and schemers died in vain

GARRIx7:


Where is your sense??

APC, rig election too not only PDP.

The desperation of dis rigging party..is. A big problem..dey make decisions witout considering the masses...just imagine d reaction of people if buhari is disqualified 2 contest...it wud totally b uncalled 4 and dissapointing if jega is directly or indirectly not givin d chance 2 conduct d election come march..God help Nigeria

malele:
GEJ is cool, if it was me, i will fire jega replace him with somebody thaT will rig the whole election iN favor of PDP,and nothing will happen.

.........stop been a bigot ..........but I can blame u ,there is no cure for been a Cunt .......fool

I am still in darkness Jonathan is busy chasing shadows

malele:
GEJ is cool, if it was me, i will fire jega replace him with somebody thaT will rig the whole election iN favor of PDP,and nothing will happen.

You are a very big idiot...for letting you shallow mind give your smelling mouth wat to say....oderamus

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I think war is coming but don't wish it happens. But if things isn't handled with fairness hmmm

This story reeks of the opposition.

Very black mailing

berem:
Another civil war looming!

Civil war between which people?

You people should calm down, all this cry of doom and destruction just because APC and Buhari might lose again?

What a country!

freshness2020:
...GEJ; giving APC headache!
..I thought they say he is clueless, the more they say so , the more he shows them how authorising he can be!
<<FORWARD MARCH for GEJ2015!

and u call yourself a citizen of this country?? pls be wise? is this how govt. shud be? well I CNT blame u! it is eida one of ur parent is living under one or two corrupt practices

judiciarypalava:
I have known JEGA is biased in his conduct since his plans to establish more 30,000 polling units in the North was foiled.

JEGA has been accused of receiving 15 laptops to assist the North in their registration
He has been accused of conniving with the powers that be in the North to rig the election in Buhari's favour, hence the need for the recent reshuffling of state resident commissioners. So that the 'born to rules' will take over again.

JEGA as been accused of relaxing the rules on collection of PVC's in the North by making use of the village heads to distribute some, hence the reason while the troubled states in the North will record higher % in collection more than some peaceful states in the South.

JEGA has been accused of denying the Ibos of their PVC's as it ws on GMB's perception that because of his role during the Biafran war, that Ibos are gearing to pay him back. He claimed it was due to loss of data.

Imagine how many people that have been disenfranchised due to lack of personnel during this last registration in the South. Were as, a close friend of mine in the North had himself registered with out much stress. A situation were a polling station serving the almighty UNIBEN community was moved to merge with another polling station (Olukwu primary school) some kilometres away from the school with only one person manning the only laptop for the registration. The crowd there as at the last day was something else.
Upon all the allegations, JEGA has not debunked any.
And l ask, truly has JEGA been compromised? No wonder the APC has been agitating for the election to hold as planned no matter what the situation is, after all, they have perfected their game plan.
In fact, l suspect international conspiracy considering US and UK's comment on the election postponement.
This is our country and we will build it ourselves.
God bless Nigeria.

This writer is some of the people they are using to discredit Jega before the plot is hatched. Imagine coming here to write unsubstantiated things and lies

suretman:


This man is also another corrupt Asshole.. I remembered some years back when he said he used 1billion naira to plant flowers at AAUA.. Well Jonathan will have the opportunity to rig the election.

Yet dey call him a pastor... Rememberd what he did for Non Academic staff in AAUA den.

Oklander:
Desperados.
We have since realized that upon the CinC himself been incompetent, he is surrounded by senseless sets of people. Who ever is dishing out this brainless ideas is amazingly idiotic for completely undermining the possible repercussion of this moves, and for the CinC to always go along with such ideas speaks well of his incapabilities and it's quite unfortunate. Sometimes I do wonder what crime Nigeria committed to deserve this kind of leaders today… Smh.

...every man surrounds himself with people of like-mind.

bur will Jonathan b breaking any law by removing jega? if its within his constitutional right to remove jega; or if he gets the votes needed from the house to remove him, no body should complain. GEJ did not make the law and as long as he doesn't break it, no offence .