Obasanjo, who spoke on Saturday, likened President Jonathan to former Ivorian leader, Laurent Gbagbo, who was disgraced out of power and set his country on the path of crisis in his bid to sit tight as the country’s president
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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
This was contrary to unsubstantiated report that Jega would proceed on a forced terminal leave on March 1
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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
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 confirmed on Sunday via a statement by Kayode Idowu, the Chief Press Secretary to the Chairman of INEC, Prof. Attahiru Jega
Jega promised that INEC would pay particular attention to the Memorandum of Understanding with the NYSC, especially in guaranteeing the security of corps members on election duty, and regretted the 2015 post-election violence
Jega said the commission arrived at the figure after removing over four million voters that engaged in duplicate registration from the 73.5 million registrants nationwide
Prof. Jega, while addressing the media after the presentation of the voters’ register to be used for the elections to registered political parties, however, did not disclose amount voted for the elections
The Chairman of INEC, Prof. Attahiru Jega, stated this while speaking at the INEC/Traditional Rulers’ National Summit on Peaceful Elections in Abuja
INEC said this is contrary to allegations in some quarters that some duly registered persons have been delisted from the Commission’s register of voters, adding that no one will be denied his or her PVC
The Chairman of the Senate Committee on INEC, Senator Andy Uba, who disclosed this while speaking with journalists, said the Senate had made its position known to the Chairman of INEC, Prof. Attairu Jega
Jega, who was represented by Oluwole Osaze-Uzzi, the commission’s Director of Voter Education and Publicity, said the challenges were insecurity, lack of adequate funding, attitude of the political class and inactive citizenry
The election is expected to be characterised by further accusations and counter-accusations