The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said the President’s decision to summon INEC Chairman Attahiru Jega to a meeting that was not attended by other political parties in Abuja on Tuesday is part of ongoing moves to compromise the integrity of the electoral commission, which is expected to be fair and neutral.

In a statement issued in Abuja on Wednesday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said it is wrong for the President, who himself is a candidate in the forthcoming elections, to be summoning the electoral umpire at will, especially when such meetings are populated by his appointees.

”Without the representatives of other political parties attending such meetings, irrespective of whether or not it is aimed at briefing security chiefs on the preparations for the polls, the ruling PDP and its presidential candidate are seeking to gain undue advantage over others ahead of the elections.

”It is like the referee in a football match meeting with key officials of one of the teams ahead of the match. This is against the spirit of transparency and fairness and must stop forthwith.

”Had the representatives of other political parties apart from the PDP (the President is the leader of the PDP) attended the meeting, the widespread speculations that Jega’s life and job were threatened if he fails to drop the use of the card reader, as well as circulating reports that he will be removed before Saturday, would not have happened,” it said.

APC said whatever briefings must be given by the INEC chairman on the elections must have in attendance the representatives of all the political parties that will participate in the elections.

It also decried clandestine meetings between some key presidency and INEC officials with a view to rigging the elections, warning the presidency to steer clear of the electoral officials if indeed they are desirous of a free, fair, credible and peaceful elections.

Meanwhile, the party has said the Presidency and the PDP cannot and must not be allowed to profit from their sponsorship of ethnic militias, including MASSOB and OPC, to create chaos and violence before, during and after the elections.

It said the plot by the duo is to make the country so unsafe before the polls that members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), who are supposed to serve as electoral officials, will simply say they can no longer participate in the elections because they fear for their lives.

”This will simply truncate the elections and trigger a constitutional crisis, the exact scenario being plotted by the Jonathan Administration and the PDP to allow them to either perpetuate themselves in office or install an interim government,” APC said.

It said another booby trap on the path of holding the elections as rescheduled are the pending court cases against the use of the card reader by INEC.

”Nigerians should note that nothing is yet guaranteed as far as the holding of the rescheduled elections is concerned. The Jonathan Administration and the PDP are still shopping for a court judgement to declare the use of the card reader unconstitutional, just because they are now painfully aware that Nigerians have rejected them and their party..

” APC saidWe are therefore calling on all our compatriots to be more vigilant in the next few days to the elections. We are also alerting local and foreign observers, and the international community, to the ongoing shenanigans by the Jonathan Administration and the PDP to scuttle the
polls"

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/03/it-is-wrong-for-jonathan-to-summon-electoral-umpire-jega-at-will-apc/

Very very wrong i concur
click like for GMB/PYO

Sumbody should pls tell d clueless man dat he should respct. Dat word "independent" in inec...

Given the chance, GEJ/PDP will scuttle this rescheduled election. Why summoning the match umpire to a meeting with Security Chiefs without other parties.

Jonathan is determined to receive Gbagbo treatment with the way he is going about this election.

He should remember that those who make peaceful change impossible make violent change inevitable.

I fear the worst for Nigeria at this juncture.

midolian:

”Without the representatives of other political parties attending such meetings, irrespective of whether or not it is aimed at briefing security chiefs on the preparations for the polls, the ruling PDP and its presidential candidate are seeking to gain undue advantage over others ahead of the elections.

" it is like the referee in a football match meeting with key officials of one of the teams ahead of the match. This is against the spirit of transparency and fairness and must stop forthwith.

THIS IS SO ON POINT..I WONDER WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO THE "INDEPENDENT" IN "INEC".


..@ the pix attached..I think the man abusing that young lady is the man with the "blue hat"..he has ruthlessly raped that endowed lady countless times.

True talk..even the TANists should see the truth in this.

kestolove95:
Sumbody should pls tell d clueless man dat he should respct. Dat word "independent" in inec...

That's the power the certificateless general won't have in his life and next too come

Excertly what baba obj was saying, gbagbo style. It will not work , there will be elections . I have never seen a president so scared of elections. The same way he made sure no primary election hold in his party.

It will not work
Nigeria is for all Nigerians
I believe in a better Nigeria
Change is here
Sai buhari

viczing:


That's the power the certificateless general won't have in his life and next too come

you don't know a lotta things..and they are gradually killing you.

Lai would've been correct if d meeting was not for security matters. Jonathan was at d meeting as president to whom security matters are reported to, he wasn't there as PDP candidate. and he shouldn't abandon his duty as chief security officer just because he's contesting an election.

OKDnigeria:
Lai would've been correct if d meeting was not for security matters. Jonathan was at d meeting as president to whom security matters are reported to, he wasn't there as PDP candidate. and he shouldn't abandon his duty as chief security officer just because he's contesting an election.

dat notwithstanding, he should have invited @ least a representative from other political parties. That wld make transparent his sincerity...@ least the meeting haz sumting to do with the elections.

OKDnigeria:
Lai would've been correct if d meeting was not for security matters. Jonathan was at d meeting as president to whom security matters are reported to, he wasn't there as PDP candidate. and he shouldn't abandon his duty as chief security officer just because he's contesting an election.

you de mind this idiots.I don't blame them,it is the illiteracy of their presidential candidates that is affecting them

midolian:
that not withstanding, he should have invited other political parties..@ least the meeting haz sumting to do with the elections.

I Thought you said GEJ is solely responsible for security abi? then let him do his job.When it comes to blame game, you blame him for failing to provide security and now when it comes to decision making, you want to take part.

chukwudi44:


I Thought you said GEJ is solely responsible for security abi? then let him do his job.When it comes to blame game, you blame him for failing to provide security and now when it comes to decision making, you want to take part.

yea, when its strictly on security...this has something to do with election. The decision they arrive @ will surely affect other parties.

It will be a great disservice to Nigerians if Jega is not given query by FG. Jega has failed and as a matter of urgency he should apologize to Nigerians and resign his position.

APC with dia wahala again......i wonder if dis Apc pple reason from dia ANUS....

Hmmm, APC don come again

It is just a meeting Alhaji Mohammed!

Relax.

APC

Apc is a threat to this society

I wonder why the Jonathan administration is mortgaging the future of our children. The last one was loan to prosecute the war on insurgency which the senate gave approval now is another 200m. Monies are squandered by the ruling party to prosecute electioneering campaigns all in an effort to come back by all means. This is a total disservice to the populace who voted them into power. Our resolve is simple enough is enough. All I ask for is a change.

JEGA should be left alone to perform his duty unhindered without any presidential or political influence. He is an umpire!!

H

GOATandYAMtheory:
you don't know a lotta things..and they are gradually killing you.

You know many but still dead inside

If johna shit , tyem go talk

Pork-barreling
Fraud & extortions
Impunity
Nepotism
Embezzlement
Bribery
Patronage
And others forms of corruption are the order of the day in this current administration.

Vote4change on March4Buhari 28th
In God we trust. In change we hope

God bless the Federal Republic of Nigeria

talktimi:
APC can complain like pregnant women suffering from nepa heat sha

In a democracy.....it is better for the citizens to complain , than to keep quiet.

That is why we call it a democracy.....freedom to talk, even if it is of no value.

What GEJ fails to understand is that there must be history no matter ur acts when in office. This man has golden opportunity and misuse it. What a life. He is now running from post to pillar. The bible says if a man is diligent in his work, he will stand amount the princes, not in the mist of ordinary men. Imagine a whole president associating wt touts and criminals just for relevance. It is a pity

Richie0974:
H

Zico5:
I

folollop:
Ok

clubone0502:
1ff

globalresource:
N

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