Popular Nigerian poet, Odia
Ofeimun, has called for the removal of INEC chairman, Attahiru Jega. Ofeimun is
calling for his sack just few weeks to the presidential election insisting the
chairman is not capable.
Ofeimun, has called for the removal of INEC chairman, Attahiru Jega. Ofeimun is
calling for his sack just few weeks to the presidential election insisting the
chairman is not capable.
He made the call while speaking on
SaharaTV after the 7th pan African congress. Here are the reasons he gave for
him to be sacked.
SaharaTV after the 7th pan African congress. Here are the reasons he gave for
him to be sacked.
“Before the elections were
postponed, the umpire had assured Nigerians that he was ready only for everyone
to discover that about 23 million, one-third of the people that were supposed
to vote, had no voters’ card. The fact that the electoral commissioner can make
such a public comment in my view meant that ought to be sacked.”
postponed, the umpire had assured Nigerians that he was ready only for everyone
to discover that about 23 million, one-third of the people that were supposed
to vote, had no voters’ card. The fact that the electoral commissioner can make
such a public comment in my view meant that ought to be sacked.”
“If it holds on March 28 without
the proper resolution of proper disenfranchisement of so many Nigerians, I will
continue to say for the rest of life that it was a rigged election. The reason
is this, the card readers makes rigging impossible. Look, if you want to
distribute voters cards in 10 days, it is possible because when they are doing
census, they have enumerators who go door to door. Why can’t INEC do it?
the proper resolution of proper disenfranchisement of so many Nigerians, I will
continue to say for the rest of life that it was a rigged election. The reason
is this, the card readers makes rigging impossible. Look, if you want to
distribute voters cards in 10 days, it is possible because when they are doing
census, they have enumerators who go door to door. Why can’t INEC do it?
“In my own part of Lagos, you need
only about 2 enumerators; they will go from house to house. You know how I got
my own card? Somebody who has seen it told me about it and another one brought
it for me. What that tells is that it was actually possible for a distribution
to have taken place and the man who brought me the card has exposed one edge of
the problem and that problem is that anybody can go there and collect the
voters’ card.
only about 2 enumerators; they will go from house to house. You know how I got
my own card? Somebody who has seen it told me about it and another one brought
it for me. What that tells is that it was actually possible for a distribution
to have taken place and the man who brought me the card has exposed one edge of
the problem and that problem is that anybody can go there and collect the
voters’ card.
“What that means is also that
politically interested Nigerians actually prevent those cards from being
distributed were their parties are weak and that for me is a serious matter.
And that for me is exactly what Jega should have avoided.
politically interested Nigerians actually prevent those cards from being
distributed were their parties are weak and that for me is a serious matter.
And that for me is exactly what Jega should have avoided.
“What makes it painful is that
opponents of Jega have been saying he surrounded himself with people of
particular ethnic colour. Then he moved beyond that, he created so many more
polling booths in an unusual way. A larger one to one part of the country and a
smaller part to another part and people were already complaining about this
before this misdistribution of PVC where in one area had 80.1 distribution and
places that were at peace had 40 and 38 percent distribution.”
opponents of Jega have been saying he surrounded himself with people of
particular ethnic colour. Then he moved beyond that, he created so many more
polling booths in an unusual way. A larger one to one part of the country and a
smaller part to another part and people were already complaining about this
before this misdistribution of PVC where in one area had 80.1 distribution and
places that were at peace had 40 and 38 percent distribution.”
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