Information available to 247ureports.com obtained from sources within the
offices of the Independent National Electoral Commission [INEC] indicates
that the days of the INEC chairman may be numbered at the seat of Chair
of the INEC. A close source to the INEC Chairman reveals that the
Chairman has already drafted his resignation letter – in wait for the “right
moment".

According to the available information, the embattled INEC Chairman had
opted to resign several times before the 2015 election following unflattering
practices attributed to his person and office. The latest round of
accusation against the INEC Chairman comes amid calls for his resignation
over broad allegations of bias from groups across the country. Many of the
groups alleged that Prof Jega’s actions had showed his bias against the
southen regions of Nigerian and against political parties who are not in-line
with the All Progressive Congress [APC]. One of the groups who spoke to
247ureports.com indicate that the INEC Chairman had aided the merger
process of the APC in a fashion that went beyond the duties of an INEC
chairman. “Prof Jega was holding closed door meetings with members of
the would-be APC on how to properly apply for the merger of the three
parties in a legal manner” said the leader who went on to add that Prof
Jega was “in fact assisting them to collect the necessary items” they needed
to complete the application process. “He was acting as an associate of the
party”.

The security report on Prof Jega prior to his becoming the INEC chairman –
which was leaked out of the State Security Service [SSS] offices indicating
that Prof Jega may have not been an upright operator as thought – has
caused many within the INEC to take a closer look at the chairman.
According to the report by the SSS, it was gathered that while Prof Jega
served as the Vice Chancellor of Bayero University Kano, he engaged in
contract fraud and other related financial crimes. Particularly, it was
gathered that many of the awards of contracts for infrastructural
development within the university campus was awarded to companies
owned by Prof. Jega. The companies were operated as fronts by many of
Jega’s extended family members and friends.
The sharp practices contained in the report was brought to the attention of
the President by the agents of the SSS. President Jonathan was not pleased
with the contents of the security report. But it took the intervention of the
Principal Secretary to the Presidency, Hassan Tukur who impressed on
President Jonathan that the addition of Prof Jega would be an added bonus
to the integrity of the INEC. The President heeded to the plea of Hassan
Tukur – and announced the appointment of Prof Jega as the new INEC
chairman.

But Jega’s announcement as the new INEC chairman came with its bit of
drawbacks for the President. This is as the INEC Chairman remained at an
arms length away from the President. The INEC Chairman, unlike he other
INEC chairmen that came before him, developed a cold relationship with
the President. According to sources, Prof. Jega would only brief the
President on the progress reports and/or status reports on a biweekly basis
– and nothing more. “He did not consult the President on any matters –
neither did he attempt to develop a cordial relationship with the president.
Prof Jega’s demeanor towards the President, according to sources,
concerned some of the handlers of the Presidency who saw Jega’s attitude
as suspicious and unhealthy for the institution of the INEC. When the
President was alerted on the possible suspicious demeanor of the INEC
Chairman, the President was quick to refer them to Hassan Tukur’s
assurance that Prof. Jega was not a worry.

However with the built up the 2015 presidential elections, Prof Jega’s
attitude began to lose its shell – and began to show its true intentions. It
gradually started to become clearer to the presidency that Prof. Jega may
have been working with the opposition party in seeking to return power to
the core north. The exercise to selectively increase the number of polling
units in the northern region of the country raised eyebrows – as to the
reasons behind the abrupt decision by the INEC chairman. The fast actions
of National commissioners from the southern regions of the country halted
the INEC Chairman from proceeding to implement his desired to populate
the northern part of the country with the larger majority of the polling
units. It took the arm twisting of the INEC Chairman to back-down from
the decision.

When Prof Jega’s effort to populate the north with polling units failed, he
devised a plan to use the ‘Permanent Voters Card [PVC] to create the
needed imbalance in the north/south polity. Anchoring his plan on the rule
that all voters must have a PVC before being allowed to vote, the INEC
Chairman and some of his national chairmen devised a plan to give the
northern part of he country an overwhelming advantage in the distribution
of the said PVCs. The PVC were effectively distributed through the Imams
and other community leaders in select states of the core north where the
APC supporters are known to concentrate. While in the southern regions of
country, the PVCs were dumped at the respective INEC offices at the local
government areas – for the owners to come and collect. For this reason,
the collection percentage of the PVCs in the northern region became much
more higher than those in the southern region. It exposed what appears a
structured disparity.

Mr. President, according to presidential sources, is not happy with Prof.
Jega as a result.

“Arrangements are on the offing to begin the removal process for the INEC
chairman” says the source who also emphasized that the INEC chairman is
also aware of the process – and has decided to hang-on to raise some
‘dust’ before existing the INEC offices. “The Prof knows that he is going”.
But it remains to be seen if the President would follow through on his
stated intent to remove the INEC chairman and to replace him with a
Professor from the South west region. The brother to the governor of Ondo
state – has been touted as a possible replacement for Prof Jega.
When 247ureports.com reached out to the INEC office though the
spokesman, Kayode Idowu, he brushed aside Prof. Jega’s resignation as
mere rumor. He then added that Prof. Jega remains the INEC Chairman.
“Jega will conduct this election” he added.

Stay tuned as the story unfolds…

blemon44:
he has already made enough money

why won't he resign

he has nothing to loose

excell12go:


I think it's a wise idea for him to quit. Maintaining his good name is better than staying to conduct an election that would most likely be declared unfree and unfair by a good percentage of Nigerians.

More so, he'll surely be paid his entitlements in full.

emmysoftyou:
that man looks like someone they point a gun at.
He looks so scare and panic..
he should be an hausa man cos fulani dont get panic like that,
i knew he s going to resigned after four years long a enuf to make pvc available to nigerian citizens,
yu failed,given us excuse to postpone d feb 14 election 4 security reasons,
abeg go north go do rearing of cows..
yu ve long overdue..jega