Jega Will Go, Heavens Won't Fall - Fayose
Sodiq Oyeleke
Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has described outbursts of the
All Progressives Congress (APC) over the possible removal of the
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman, Prof
Attahiru Jega as "mere comedy," saying; "President Goodluck Jonathan
can sack Jega if he wishes and if he does, heavens will not fall."
The governor, who said the APC should stop acting as if Nigeria
belongs to the party, added that; "by turning themselves to advocates
and defenders of the INEC chairman, the APC and its agents have shown
that they have a deal with Jega to manipulate the elections and that
the deal will be frustrated if he is asked to leave office."
Governor Fayose said in a release issued on Wednesday, and signed by
his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere
Olayinka, that "removal of Jega and any other appointees of the
Federal Government is a prerogative of the president, which no one can
question, provided laid down rules are followed."
He said the position expressed by the House of Representatives was
that of the APC members in the House, urging that "the APC lawmakers
should rather pay attention to the ill-health of their party's
presidential candidate, Major General Mohammadu Buhari (rtd), whose
whereabouts is now a mystery."
The governor described Jega as partisan, saying; "By his actions and
utterances, Jega had already demonstrated his bias in support of the
APC. For instance, how can Jega explain the 80 percent distribution of
Permanent Voters Card (PVC) in Boko Haram ravaged Borno and Yobe
States while less than 40 percent distributed in Lagos as at February
7 that the election was postponed?"
He said; "It is on record that Prof Maurice Iwu was asked to proceed
on terminal leave two months to the end of his tenure? Is Jega not a
beneficiary of Iwu's removal? So if Iwu was asked to go on terminal
leave before the expiration of his tenure for Jega to assume office,
what difference does it make if Jega too is asked to proceed on
terminal leave before the expiration of his tenure?"
Speaking further, Governor Fayose said; "it is the president that can
determine whether or not Jega will go on the mandatory three months
terminal leave which should commence on March 8, and if the president
decides that the INEC chairman should go on terminal leave, what can
the APC loudmouths do?
"They boasted before the postponement of the elections that they would
go on street protests, but did they do anything? They made noise when
Justice Isa Ayo Salami was removed from office as president of the
Court of Appeal, what did their noise amount to?
"Therefore, let me say it categorically that the noise being made by
the APC and their agents will amount to nothing because if the
president removes Jega today, heavens will not fall."
Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has described outbursts of the
All Progressives Congress (APC) over the possible removal of the
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman, Prof
Attahiru Jega as "mere comedy," saying; "President Goodluck Jonathan
can sack Jega if he wishes and if he does, heavens will not fall."
The governor, who said the APC should stop acting as if Nigeria
belongs to the party, added that; "by turning themselves to advocates
and defenders of the INEC chairman, the APC and its agents have shown
that they have a deal with Jega to manipulate the elections and that
the deal will be frustrated if he is asked to leave office."
Governor Fayose said in a release issued on Wednesday, and signed by
his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere
Olayinka, that "removal of Jega and any other appointees of the
Federal Government is a prerogative of the president, which no one can
question, provided laid down rules are followed."
He said the position expressed by the House of Representatives was
that of the APC members in the House, urging that "the APC lawmakers
should rather pay attention to the ill-health of their party's
presidential candidate, Major General Mohammadu Buhari (rtd), whose
whereabouts is now a mystery."
The governor described Jega as partisan, saying; "By his actions and
utterances, Jega had already demonstrated his bias in support of the
APC. For instance, how can Jega explain the 80 percent distribution of
Permanent Voters Card (PVC) in Boko Haram ravaged Borno and Yobe
States while less than 40 percent distributed in Lagos as at February
7 that the election was postponed?"
He said; "It is on record that Prof Maurice Iwu was asked to proceed
on terminal leave two months to the end of his tenure? Is Jega not a
beneficiary of Iwu's removal? So if Iwu was asked to go on terminal
leave before the expiration of his tenure for Jega to assume office,
what difference does it make if Jega too is asked to proceed on
terminal leave before the expiration of his tenure?"
Speaking further, Governor Fayose said; "it is the president that can
determine whether or not Jega will go on the mandatory three months
terminal leave which should commence on March 8, and if the president
decides that the INEC chairman should go on terminal leave, what can
the APC loudmouths do?
"They boasted before the postponement of the elections that they would
go on street protests, but did they do anything? They made noise when
Justice Isa Ayo Salami was removed from office as president of the
Court of Appeal, what did their noise amount to?
"Therefore, let me say it categorically that the noise being made by
the APC and their agents will amount to nothing because if the
president removes Jega today, heavens will not fall."
Written by NEWSTRAWL ONLINE UPDATE
Sodiq Oyeleke is a Media, Human Resources, Project Management and Public Relations Practitioner
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