The Presidency has debunked
rumours gaining ground in some online and social media that the Chairman of
Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Attahiru Jega, had
been sacked by the Federal Government.
Vanguard reports that a source
from the office of the National Security Adviser, NSA, who cited security
concerns yesterday, warned politicians against spreading falsehood capable of
inciting violence.
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.”
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