We Have Not Been Notified Of Nyako's Sack – INEC Head Jega
Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC Chairman,
Attahiru Jega, has revealed that the Adamawa state house are still yet
to notify INEC of the impeachment of Murtala Nyako as Governor of the
state.
Mr Jega was talking yesterday in Abuja and revealed to journalists
that his commission is yet to receive any notice of vacancy in Adamawa
Government House.
He said: “The law is clear on that but as at Wednesday morning,
INEC has not been formally notified of the impeachment. “The law
provides for three months to hold election while the Speaker of the
House of Assembly takes over within the period in case of where the
Deputy Governor cannot act.
“We are law abiding and we will operate within the law if officially notified,” Mr. Jega said.
The chairman continued and that the winner of the said election could
only stay till the end of Nyako’s tenure and then there would be
another one during the 2015 general elections.
He also said that despite security concerns in the state, he is sure that his commission will make it happen, he said: “We
are doing our best to prepare adequately to conduct election in every
state in this country. We have never said that election will not be
conducted in these three states.
“We will cross the road when we get there. It is too early to speculate on where election will hold or not hold.”
He also talked about the accusation by critics that he had militarised the Ekiti state elections:
“Obviously, there should be minimum participation of security
personnel in election as obtainable in some countries, but in Nigeria we
all know the security challenge and the electoral law required the
presence of security personnel,” INEC boss said.
On the issue of the upcoming August 9th Osun election, he said that
the military was needed as they are a recognised institution for
protection of the country.
“I want the security agencies to do everything possible to secure
the electoral process in Osun state and in every state of the
federation. I also want them to protect electoral officers and election
materials and ensure that the voting environment is peaceful to
encourage people to vote’’, Jega said.
Professor Attahiru Jega is the Chairman of the Independent National
Electoral Commission, INEC. INEC is responsible for the holding of
elections into political office in Nigeria.
They have come under fire over the last decade because of the way
their elections are held, with candidates complaining of ballot thieves
being around the venue of the said elections, and ballots being tampered
within several local governments.
However, the recent election in Ekiti state was the first to be said to be the cleanest election ever planned by the commission.
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