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 themselvesb 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 andbNew Media, Lere Olayinka, that “removal
of Jega and any other appointees of thebFederal Government is a prerogative ofthe president, which no one can question,bprovided 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 thatb“the APC lawmakers should rather pay attention to the ill-health of their party’sbpresidential candidate, Major General Mohammadu Buhari (rtd), whose
whereabouts is now a mystery.”
The governor described Jega as partisan,bsaying; “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 VotersbCard (PVC) in Boko Haram ravaged Borno
and Yobe States while less than 40 percent distributed in Lagos as at February 7 that he 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, whatbdifference does it make if Jega too is asked to proceed on terminal leavenbefore the expiration of his tenure?”bSpeaking further, Governor Fayose said;
“it is the president that can determine
whether or not Jega will go on the
mandatory three months terminal leavenwhich should commence on March 8, and if the president decides that the INECbchairman 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 AyonSalami 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 Jegantoday, heavens will not fall.”
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