The Nigeria Voters Assembly (VOTAS) has condemned the
purported plan to remove the chairman of Independent National Electoral
Commission (INEC), Attahiru Jega, from office through a compulsory
terminal leave.
In a release signed by its president, Mashood Erubami, and made
available to journalists in Ibadan Friday, VOTAS warned that the removal
of Jega at this juncture “is most unpopular, unacceptable and might be
the last straw that will break the camel’s back”.
He said the preposition is suspicious in view of every step taken by
the Federal Government signposting a hidden agenda for rigging, election
disruption, truncation of the democratic process and tenure elongation.
“As a consequence, Nigerians might be annoyed by the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) government into engaging in self-help to remove
their destinies from the hands of political jobbers who are
experimenting with various strategies, including the abrupt removal of
Jega from office, and, consequently, this could instigate serious chain
reactions, which might be very difficult to halt.
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