Polls: MASSOB protests against Jega, wants him sacked

The Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign States of Biafra on Thursday kicked against the continuous stay of Prof. Attahiru Jega as the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission.
The group insisted that the chairman has since lost the capability of conducting the forthcoming general elections for the country.
The group said since Jega alloted over 90 per cent of the polling units to the Northern parts of the country, the confidence reposed in him had faded.
The Zonal Administrator of MASSOB and Coordinator of the group in Delta North axis of Delta State, Emeka Okafor, who led his members on the peaceful protest in Asaba, the Delta State capital, on Thursday with placards with the inscription: “JEGA MUST GO,” appealed to the Federal Government and National Assembly to speed up action on his removal.
According to the group, for peace to prevail before, during and after the elections, Jega must be sacked.
Okafor said: “Jega alloted 90 per cent of Permanent Voter Cards to Northerners and only 10 per cent to Southerners.
“In view of this, he is not capable to conduct the 2015 general elections.”
While appealing to Jega to vacate the seat for the sake of one Nigeria, the group noted: “When crisis erupts, the Southerners and their property are the target and to avoid a reoccurrence of 1964 pre-election crisis, during which we lost the most, we want Jega to leave because this time around, we will not fold our arms and watch such happen again.”
The MASSOB leader however insisted that President Goodluck Jonathan must continue in office to deliver on his transformation agenda.
“There is never a time the North agitates for one Nigeria but the South does. Even in 1957 when the Southerners were calling for Nigeria independence, the North rejected the call,” he stressed.
On the use of Card Readers for the elections, Okafor said last Saturday’s test-run showed it would cause chaos at the polling units, noting that the smart card reader could have been used before now.
The Commandant of the Delta North zone of the group, Ignatius Adiliajana, observed that the group lost confidence in Jega because he has since displayed high level of partiality by not distributing the PVCs evenly across the nation.