social media that the Chairman of Independent National Electoral
Commission, INEC, Professor Attahiru Jega, had been sacked by the
Federal Government.
President Goodluck Jonathan and Prof Attahiru Jega
A source from the office of the National Security Adviser, NSA, citing
security concerns yesterday, warned politicians against spreading
falsehood capable of inciting violence to desist from doing so.
The source said they have been bombarded with calls from all parts of
the country, describing the rumoured sack as an outright falsehood and
mischievous propaganda, allegedly engineered by some forces within the
main opposition, All Progressives Congress, APC.
According to a Presidency official, "the rumoured sack of Jega is not
from the Presidency, but part of the propaganda by the opposition to
soil the good name of the President, to discredit the government and
cause trouble."
The top official noted that the current administration is a
law-abiding government that "follows the constitution in the discharge
of its duties, including the Chairman of INEC or any member for that
matter.
"The laws are clear about the question of leaving or not leaving and
government has nothing to do with that. The man has a job to do and
please allow him to do the job without dragging government into it and
the man working under the rule of law.
"This is the government that has been obeying the rule of law and is
not going to abandon its adherence to it. Please, they should allow
Professor Jega to do his work and stop heating up the polity."
--Vanguard
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