Elders from Bayelsa State under the auspices of Bayelsa Development Forum on Tuesday demanded the removal of Prof. Attahiru Jega, chairman Independent National Electoral Commission over the controversial new polling units. They accused Jega of ethno-religious bias for allocating 21,615 to his northern region and 8, 412 to the entire South.
The angry elders in a statement signed by their Chairman, Chief Thompson Okorotie; Secretary, Mr. Talford Ongolo and deputy Chairman, Chief A. Aduba, said they were no longer comfortable with INEC, according to report from The Punch “It is the duty of the chairman and indeed INEC to provide a level-playing field for elections to be free, fair and credible.
“After critical examination of the facts involved, we have no alternative but to demand the removal of Prof. Attahiru Jega as INEC Chairman. “Allocating 21,615 polling units for the north and 8,412 polling units for the south is a clear indication of a northern agenda, the scripts of which Prof. Jega plans to implement.”
The elders said the development had further proved that the last permanent voters’ registration exercise, which they said was fraught with denials and deprivation of voters in the south, had northern agenda. They said in Bayelsa State, a large chunk of eligible voters were denied access to the permanent voters’ registration exercise.
They called on INEC to suspend any plan to create additional polling units in the interest of equity and justice.
Read more at: http://www.today.ng/news/new-polling-units-jega-is-biased-he-should-be-sacked-bayelsa-development-forum/
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