The head of the Odua Peoples Congress, OPC, Gani Adams, has called for the immediate sack of the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Attahiru Jega.
Mr. Adams, an ally of President Goodluck Jonathan, stated this while speaking in Lagos on Sunday.
Among the reasons for his call, Mr. Adams said Mr. Jega has failed to explain how INEC was able to successfully distribute 90 per cent of Permanent Voters Card, PVC, in North East despite the insurgency in the region.
“I Otunba Gani Adams is using this forum to call for immediate sack, removal or retirement of Professor Attahiru Jega, the chairman of INEC on the basis of PVC distribution, introduction of card reader and creation of 30000 bogus and fraudulent polling units in the northern part of Nigeria against the southern part,” the head of the Yoruba socio-cultural group said while speaking on his organisation’s Eledumare Festival.
Mr. Adams also voiced his opposition to the use of card readers for the general elections, saying, “We have not heard how card readers contributed or added value to any major election in the world.
“To me, it’s an attempt cleverly being injected by Jega to cause delay, confuse voters and prevent majority of voters in exercising their franchise on that day”.
The electoral agency had explained that the decision to use card readers was to limit electoral fraud by ensuring that only true owners of legitimate cards could use them to vote. The opposition All Progressives Congress, APC, which supports the use of the readers, has repeatedly alleged that the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and its supporters, do not want the readers used so as to perpetuate electoral fraud; a claim the ruling party denies.
Despite INEC announcing it had dropped the plan to create additional polling units after the announcement last year created divides along ethno-religious lines, Mr. Adams accused the electoral agency boss of proceeding with the plan.
“In his ingenious but highly fraudulent stride at rigging the election, Professor Jega has gone through the back door at creating an additional 30,000 polling units not known to law and designated as voting centres to deceive people having been heavily criticised by distinguished and eminent Nigerians,” he said.
The OPC leader said the various actions of the INEC chair would have earned him an immediate removal and sack in other climes
While calling for Mr. Jega’s sack, Mr. Adams urged the federal government to begin the search for a new INEC chair.
“The new chair can come from anywhere. He can come from the north or south. I’m not choosing for the President, but Jega should go” he said.
Mr. Adam’s call is part of a barrage of similar ones by some people, mainly supporters of President Goodluck Jonathan. Last week, the Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose, also a major ally of the president, supported the sack.
“President Goodluck Jonathan can sack Jega if he wishes and if he does, heavens will not fall,” Mr. Fayose said in apparent response to the local and international condemnations that have trailed the rumoured plan to remove the electoral chief.
President Jonathan has, however, said he has no plans to remove Mr. Jega.
While speaking on Sunday, Mr. Adams, who is also the coordinator of Olokun Festival Foundation, asked Yorubas to participate in the Eledumare Festival which began on Saturday.
“This year’s celebration is not going to be devoid of the usual glamour and atmosphere of praise and worship for God, the Alpha and Omega of our faith. We also want to use this festival to appraise the society and contribute to the growth of our nation; spiritual, political and economic”.
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You're an idiot how did you know the north east have collected their PVC? Ehnnn so you want to use the media to create false awareness so at the end you make use of the cards abi? You and I know that it's not been an easy task because the PVC was not made available to most regions but by God's grace we would try hardest to collect it.
ReplyDeleteUr fada is an idiot
DeleteHe know because they said so. Don't be too emotional
ReplyDeleteHow educated is this fool? Well, l thought all this opc guys are security, you better wake up is like you still leave in Nigeria of yesterday you that we all Yoruba youth knows you to be thief. You want contract abi? You want to get fat more to the detriment of the society fool (Ole) no devil go finish you.
ReplyDeleteHis only trying hard to get GEJ attention, his part of those bidding to get contract for protection of pipelines so don't blame any rubbish his vomiting now. But the truth is his not speaking for yoruba's even not for his OPC member, just for his own pocket like FFK. Can't wait for March 28 to come so that we'll know those who will inter-state marching to Otuoke with GEJ. Ay.com
ReplyDeleteGeja must b sack
ReplyDeleteThis illiterate terror leader.
ReplyDeleteGain Adam hw much ave collected from jona.
ReplyDeleteBorno State where terrorists have sacked more than 15 local governments have 80% PVC collection against a peaceful Ogun State where only 55% PVC have collected. How did Jega achieve this?
ReplyDeleteyou did not believe they have collected 80% because you don't seem to know that those guys are really read always to vote more than we are here... as for Gani Adams , I will not comment on his verbal rubbish untill he tells me how much GEJ gave him in this six weeks Idots #bringbackourgirls
DeleteIn a civil country, this criminal should be cooling off in jail for crimes committed against Nigerians. His gang reigned terror on people from different parts of the country. Yorubas weren't exempted. It is just unfortunate.
ReplyDeleteIs Nigeria a 2 party system country, how comes the other parties are not being talked about. Everybody shine your eyes.
ReplyDeleteThis is the beauty of democracy. Every Tom dick and Harry will have something to say, even if the don't make sense. Gani Adams, how much were you paid?
ReplyDeleteWhat do you expect from a semi- illiterate that just suddenly found himself in the circle of elites because he is leading a tribal militia. This is part of what you expect to see after sevaral visits by Jonathan to the South West with lots of money dolled out to the sycophants. He is doing what he has been paid to do. He is not speaking the minds of the generality of the South West. I wonder why people keep shouting about higher level of success for distribution of PVC in the North. Do not ignore the fact that the North is more politically savvy and because most of the people are self employed, they have more than enough time to devout to the exercise unlike in the South where people hardly leave their business places to go and start queing for collection of PVC.
ReplyDeleteStupid gani
ReplyDeleteThe idiot talking, if not what he has collected that is hunting him.
ReplyDeleteCheck his lips very well you will notice that it is so dark due to excessive indian hemp smoking.
You can not hide. Tell him to remove that goggle you will see the redness in it.
Remember he was a former armed robber in Idi-oro Mushin, Lagos.
Remember his quarrel with the stupid man that call himself Dr. Faseun. Is an old fool.
I am not surprised to read this from Gani Adams,. a carpenter that catapulted himself to limelight through the OPC phenomenon. It has always been like that with us. People running their mouth carelessly on sensitive issues. No right thinking person will take somebody like him serious because he is saying what he has been paid to say. Their comment on sensitive national issues lack depth, logic and is a total distraction.
ReplyDeleteRepent b4 it's 2late
ReplyDeleteStupid man like gani dont have anything to offer us in this country
ReplyDeleteAll your verbage on Gani will not do him any harm. You fools! Why called him illiterate and stupid? When you people have no respect for the President cos he's a minority and had been insulting him. Let Jega go for his actions has placed the northerners in advantage to the southerners.
ReplyDeleteUr gods are to blame because u are as blind as they are.
ReplyDeleteFools,
ReplyDelete100% PVC in Borno is not up to 20% in Lagos, population wise.
Gani Adams if a joke.!!!