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INEC to prosecute political parties breaching electoral laws

INEC Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega

Elections postponement: Senate may summon Jega

byMuhammad Ahmad
February 12, 2015
1 min read

The Nigerian Senate is set to summon the INEC Chairman Attahiru Jega, when it resumes plenary session on Tuesday, over the sudden postponement of the general elections.

Ibrahim Gaya, representing Kano North Senatorial District, said in Kano that the legislators were taken unawares by Mr. Jega’s action.

He wondered why INEC would act without prior notice to the Senate, adding that in an ideal democratic setting the notion of checks and balances must be respected.

“The Senate is resuming on Tuesday and we are going to summon Jega to appear before us,” he said. “We want to know the rationale behind the postponement and we are going to take action.”

Mr. Gaya also noted that the ruling Peoples Democratic Party had contradicted INEC, saying the reasons behind the postponement was logistics and not security as Mr. Jega claimed.

Mr. Gaya said, however, no amount of postponing would stop his party, the All Progressives Congress, from winning the presidential election.

“Even if the election is going to be postponed one thousand times, nothing would stop the victory of the APC,” he said. “We are ready to call the bluff of anyone behind the gimmick. We are going to win the elections from top to bottom because the electorate are fed up with a lame-duck presidency.”

He also noted that the postponement had diminished INEC’s credibility towards organising the elections.

He said since INEC had lost its grip as an impartial arbiter, Mr. Jega would be summoned by the Senate to explain its role in effecting the decision to shift the elections.

According to him, it was not the responsibility of the military to interfere in the nation’s electoral process as the military is saddled with the task of defending the territorial integrity of the country.

He called on the people of Kano South Senatorial District to exercise restraint, saying victory was on the side of the APC.

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