Former governor of Abia State,Orji Uzor Kalu, has urged the INEC chairman, Professor Attahiru Jega to investigate the case of alleged impersonation of INEC officials during the National Assembly and Presidential elections in Abia State. A petition addressed to Jega and signed on Kalu’s behalf by K.C Nwufo, SAN and Associates, stated that the election…
Jega Speaks on Port Harcourt Election Protest
Attahiru Jega, chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has spoken on the election protest going on in Port Harcourt, Rivers State during a press briefing in Abuja this evening. He confirmed that the biggest opposition party, All Progressives Congress, APC, wrote a letter to the Commission urging it to cancel the elections held…
2015 Polls: Jega to Appear Before Senate
Attahiru Jega, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC is to appear before the Senate today in order to brief Senators on the Commission’s readiness for the forthcoming March 28 and April 11 elections. Victor Ndoma-Egba, Senate Leader, moved a motion to summon Jega during the plenary session on Tuesday, the senators first meeting…
Jega Can’t Stop This Army
“My vote must count,” echoed an angry elderly man driven to hysteria by Attahiru Jega’s disenfranchisement of millions of Lagosians. As he spoke at the verification and registration centre at St. Kizito School, Iju Ishaga, hundreds of disenfranchised others joined and changed it into a song. As they chanted their resolve to challenge INEC, the…
INEC Mobilizes Military for Bayelsa Voters Card Distribution
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, said it has mobilized the army, navy, and other security personnel in Bayelsa State to ensure a hitch-free permanent voter registration and voter cards distribution exercise. Edwin Nwatarali, the state Residential Electoral Commissioner, said in Yenagoa, that the security personnel would beef up security around the registration units and…