Editor’s Note: Cameroun-born Simon Ateba is one of Nigeria’s most controversial journalists. If he is not being beaten up by a Christ Embassy security team, he is harassing government officials with questions that make them loose their cool. Apologies to Mrs. Stella Oduah. But Simon has one thing going for him, he says it like it is, without minding whose ox is gored. In this piece about the Independent Electoral Commission’s (INEC) boss, Professor Attahiru Jega, Ateba digs deep and tells us, with facts, how Jega and his team at INEC were not prepared for the elections which were re-scheduled two weeks back. Ateba published the article on his website, www.simonateba.com.
Article Highlights
– There were about four million Nigerians for whom the PVCs had not even been produced.
– INEC was not ready and lied to the nation only to portray security chiefs in bad light.
– Until he redeems his image, Jega will be seen as a liar who had an agenda.
It is now crystal clear that Attahiru Jega, the chairman of Nigeria’s electoral body, lied to Nigerians on why a general election here was postponed by six weeks.
Article Highlights
– There were about four million Nigerians for whom the PVCs had not even been produced.
– INEC was not ready and lied to the nation only to portray security chiefs in bad light.
– Until he redeems his image, Jega will be seen as a liar who had an agenda.
It is now crystal clear that Attahiru Jega, the chairman of Nigeria’s electoral body, lied to Nigerians on why a general election here was postponed by six weeks.
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