Jega Finally Bows Out Of INEC…Gov. Mimiko’s Brother, Prof. Nasim Olufemi As New Chairman

Having successfully triumphed in its bid to secure a
later date for the 2015 general elections originally
scheduled for February 14 and 28 respectively, it has
emerged that the presidency’s move to place
supporters of his cause to sensitive positions has
eventually worked out well as the chairman of
Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC
has been asked to go on compulsory leave starting
from March, 1, 2015.
President Jonathan and his closest associates, it was
gathered, have been desperate to postpone the
elections to enable them re-strategize in the face of
imminent pointers that Mr. Jonathan and his party,
the PDP were on the verge of losing the election to
the opposition APC Presidential candidate,
Muhammadu Buhari with a wide margin should the
election proceed as planned under Jega who had
reportedly turned down several invitations to go and
see President Jonathan at Aso Rock.
Now that INEC has officially announced the
postponement of the elections by six week, Mr.
Jonathan and his associates are now set to appoint,
Professor Nazim Olufemi Mimiko, a professor of
Political Science and International Relations and a
former VC of the Adekunle Ajasin University, Ondo
State.
The in-coming chairman will be resuming from the
1 st day of March, 2015. Prof. Nazim is a close
relative of the Ondo State governor, Raman Mimiko,
a strong supporter of President Goodluck Jonathan’s
re-election bid.
The embattled professor Jega, as we gathered, will
be officially proceeding on his three months
terminal leave with effect from March 1, 2015 in
compliance with the Civil Service procedure.
Mr. Jega’s tenure is schedule to end in June, 2015 but
with this new development, that is not going to
happen because of the series of attacks and
allegations the amiable personality has been
receiving. One of those allegations is that he’s
working with some powers in the North to install
Buhari as a Northern man. According to them, Jega
is trying to compromise the polls against Jonathan
for Buhari to emerge.
PDP and some elements of people led by Chief Edwin
Clark are being threatened by this move so the
earlier they remove him, the better.
Last Thursday, Jega was quoted to have told the
council that the commission was ready for the
conduct of the election but the military chiefs were
quoted to have said they could not guarantee the
security of electoral officers, materials and the
electorate should the commission go ahead with the
earlier schedule.
Same Thursday, Jonathan’s supporters under the
aegis of the Southern Nigeria Peoples Assembly led
by Ijaw leader and ex-Minister of Information, Chief
Edwin Clark, called for the postponement of the polls
and Jega’s resignation.
Despite calls for his resignation by some supporters
of President Goodluck Jonathan, Jega had during his
press conference two nights ago said he would not
resign.
“I will not resign because my conscience does not
say so. I have never met with anyone on how one
candidate could win and the other could lose. If
there are legitimate reasons for me to resign, I
would leave. “jega told newsmen.
Well, with six more weeks for more political
scheming and rigmaroles that create more
uncertainty of what lies in it for Nigerians, the
country can only look forward to what unfolds
ahead of us.
Meanwhile, it will be recalled that during the
national conference, Prof. Olufemi Mimiko, as an
Ondo State delegate at the last national conference
held in Abuja, has recommended that Nigerians
should be allowed to carry arms to protect
themselves given the present spate of insecurity in
the country.

Source:
Mikeangelonews.Com