Politics Southern Nigerian Leaders Want Jega to Resign for Giving More Polling Units to the North

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Leaders of Southern Nigeria Peoples Assembly (SNPA) led by a former Minister of Information, Chief Edwin Clark, Senator Femi Okurounmu, former Vice-President, Dr. Alex Ekwueme and Bishop Bolanle Gbonigi on Wednesday called on the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega, to resign for giving Northern Nigeria more polling units than the south. VANGUARD has this story.

SOUTHERN leaders, yesterday, asked the National Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Attahiru Jega to resign, accusing him of plotting to thwart the 2015 general elections by creating additional 30,000 polling units. Jega was accused of allocating 70 per cent of the additional polling units to the North.

Led by former Vice President Alex Ekwueme; one time Federal Commissioner for Information and South-South Leader, Chief Edwin Clark; Senator Femi Okurounmu and Bishop Bolanle Gbonigi, the southern leaders on the banner of the Southern Nigeria Peoples Assembly, SNPA , said Jega was promoting an ethnic agenda by favouring the North against the South, with the North getting 21,615 polling booths and the South being allocated 8,412 units.

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Haha! Finally mega has settled the sisputes he had with the north. Once accused of neglecting his own people, tagged enemy of the north but now mega is a hero. Unjustly brought in Jonathan now gave more polling youth to his people but the very big question remains who is going to contest against the president?