Jonathan expressed confidence that about that 70 per cent of Borno State territory under the control of the insurgents will be recovered
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Muazu, who acknowledged that shifting the date for the general election affected the programme of the PDP, sees no reason not to retain the confidence he has on Jega, especially as President Goodluck Jonathan, who appointed him, has said he does not intend to remove him and members of his team in INEC
The President, who spoke in a live television media chat on Wednesday, also flayed what he lamented as the politicisation of the agitation for the liberation of the kidnapped girls of the Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok
This was contrary to unsubstantiated report that Jega would proceed on a forced terminal leave on March 1
The electoral commission in Nigeria, the Independent National Electoral Commission, justifies the postponement with security concerns in the north-east, where the Islamist group Boko Haram is waging a terror campaign
There are a number of issues in the preparation and conduct of an election, the most critical of which is security, which is not under the control of INEC
The APC in a statement by its National Chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, late on Saturday, however, appealed to Nigerians not to react violently to the development
He said the news about his resignation was a conspiracy theory, adding that there was no grounds for it
The elections were initially scheduled for February 14 and 28
Jega is expected to, anytime from now, announce officially to the nation the position of the Commission on the upcoming general election
The news was first reported by some foreign media outlets
The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Affairs, Dr. Doyin Okupe, stated this on Friday at a news briefing
INEC, in a statement on Friday, said it will confirm the dates for the elections after the meeting with the political parties and the RECs
This was contained in a communiqué signed by Governor Rochas Okorocha, the Chairman of the forum and governor of Imo State
According to the commission’s Daily Bulletin issued in Abuja, media organisations intending to send representatives for the election must apply to INEC for the accreditation of every individual
The National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Olisa Metuh, in a statement on Thursday, described the development as a crime against the electoral process
The Council said since the Independent National Electoral Commission had expressed readiness for the conduct of the election, there was no need postponing it
The APC in a statement by its Chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, at a press conference in Abuja, said plans had been concluded by the President Goodluck Jonathan-led Presidency to use Thursday’s Council of State meeting to secure the approval of members of the Council for the postponement of the elections
This was confirmed on Sunday via a statement by Kayode Idowu, the Chief Press Secretary to the Chairman of INEC, Prof. Attahiru Jega
Addressing a press conference in Abuja on Wednesday, the spokesperson for the PDP presidential campaign, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, said the PDP would pass a vote of confidence in INEC should it be found that it is involved in the desperate bid to cover up the certificate scandal