FG compelled Jega to shift elections’

A rights group, the International Society for Social Justice and Human
Rights, has accused the Federal Government of arm-twisting the
Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof.
Attahiru Jega, to shift the general election.
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The ISSJHR chancellor, Dr. Jackson Omenazu, described the postponement
of the elections by six weeks as a waste of resources and manpower,
saying the postponement was aimed at buying more time to corrupt the
electoral system.
Omenazu, who spoke with our correspondent in Port Harcourt, said the
poll shift was an international embarrassment to Nigeria, saying the
country had failed within the international diplomatic circle.
He said, "They said the election was shifted as a result of
insecurity, but it appears that they are using insecurity as a
cover-up. All the Federal Government is doing is to buy more time in
order to corrupt the electoral system and give criminal advantage to a
particular political party.
"The Federal Government arm-twisted INEC to postpone the election and
this is an unacceptable interference into the duties of INEC as an
umpire. The trillions of naira expended by political actors and the
Federal Government and the manpower wasted are regrettable."
Meanwhile, the Peoples Democratic Party in Rivers State has called on
its members to remain calm, focused and committed to winning in the
elections despite the shift in dates of the polls.
Chairman, Media and Publicity Committee of the Rivers State PDP
Campaign Organisation, Mr. Emma Okah, who made this call in a
statement, maintained that the changes were in the interest of the
nation.
"We are proud of our members and direct them to continue to mobilise
the people from person-to-person, room-to-room, house-to-house,
family-to-family, compound-to-compound, community-to-community,
ward-to-ward and throughout the state for the elections," he said.
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