President Goodluck Jonathan has said he has no plan to sack the chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega, before the general elections.
?Whether at the state or at the federal level, the president or a governor doesn?t just wake up and change somebody, especially INEC that is a very sensitive body. So, for me to change INEC chairman both Nigerians and non-Nigerians will ask questions. I cannot just wake up and change INEC chairman. I have never discussed it with anybody that I am changing INEC chairman,? the president said.
He spoke on Tuesday in an interview with Aljazeera.
The president also allayed fears about the possibility of holding the rescheduled elections.
He said: ?I believe the elections will be conducted as scheduled by INEC, that is, the national elections fixed for 28th of this month. I don?t see why we should postpone again because I am quite impressed with the successes going on in the North so far. There is misinformation about the postponement. In 2011, when we conducted elections in Nigeria, we had Boko Haram. The fact is that within the period the level of build-up of Boko Haram was quite serious and from all indications, from signals the security agencies got, people are trying to use them to disrupt the elections.
?In 2011, there were no such signals. And if you disrupt elections in a number of states, particularly if it is presidential election, it would affect the declaration of results. So, the security forces did not want to give chances.
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