Nigeria: Attahiru Jega sacked
10 February 2015 By Abi Giwa
Professor Attahiru Jega, chairman of Nigeria's Independent Electoral Commission, INEC, may have been removed from office. Unconfirmed information from Lagos said Jega has been asked to go on three months vacation from March, and has been replaced by Olufemi Mimiko.
According to Kenya's Daily Nation, a news published about 0200 pm (0800 pm Nigerian time), Jega has been asked to proceed on vacation.
Jega's removal may have been a result of the fallout of the change in the election timetable, which he unilaterally decided after consultation with stakeholders, without the input of the presidency.
Some of the security agencies he mentioned as saying they would be unable to provide security for the election have reliably distanced themselves from Jega's decision to postpone the election.
There have been other calls for Jega's removal based on suspicions that he has compromised by holding meetings with emirs along a plan to return a Northerner as president.
According to Kenya's Daily Nation, a news published about 0200 pm (0800 pm Nigerian time), Jega has been asked to proceed on vacation.
Jega's removal may have been a result of the fallout of the change in the election timetable, which he unilaterally decided after consultation with stakeholders, without the input of the presidency.
Some of the security agencies he mentioned as saying they would be unable to provide security for the election have reliably distanced themselves from Jega's decision to postpone the election.
There have been other calls for Jega's removal based on suspicions that he has compromised by holding meetings with emirs along a plan to return a Northerner as president.
