Jonathan finally gave up on interim government idea
after Abdulsallam Abubakar rejected such idea.
Removal of Jega has been perfected by inner circle of
the president.
From information gathered tonight from prominent
politician in Kebbi State, Chief Edwin Clark, PEJ and
Anehni have been mounting pressure on Jonathan to
subvert the law and force INEC Chairman, Jega on
terminal leave. Feelers at the presidency have been
trying for two weeks to bring Senate president, David
Mark on board but David Mark emphatically against
such move. Mark was said to have told emissaries
from presidency that such action must be done
through the senate and there is no time for such
exercise. Mark was said to have told the presidency
that such move won’t sit well with Nigerians and
international community who have besieged the
country in the last one month. Mark was said to have
told the emissaries from presidency that the senate
just gave Jega a thumb’s up to go ahead with the
election and doing otherwise could be costly for the
country.
It was learnt that Edwin Clark emphatically told the
president that the North already planned his exit from
office with Jega as the hatchet man to formalize
Jonathan’s defeat from office. Edwin Clark has made it
clear to the president that all PDP politicians from the
North are working against his second term ambition
with exception of Aba Moro, Sambo Dasuki, Namadi
Sambo and David Mark. Chief Edwin Clark also made it
clear to the president that PDP Chairman is not in
support of the president. Clark was said to have told
the president to take the bull by the horn and handle
his crippling campaign by himself without relying on
those the president gave the resources to carry out his
campaign for re-election. Information available to me
tonight also revealed that all plan is set to go ahead
and ask Jega to proceed on leave by March 3rd but the
president is not fully on board because he doesn’t
know how Nigerians are going to react. Senate allies of
the president, media outfits, politicians from
Yorubaland, and activists have been prepared to
defend such move if the president makes the move in
the coming days. There is going to be media campaign
against Jega in the coming days.
Information available revealed that Tony Anehni has
perfected plan to print one hundred million ballot
papers from a company in China which to be delivered
to Nigeria by March 15 and be distributed to INEC
offices nationwide.
by Akin Ajayi-obe
