The leader of the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) Chief Ralph Uwazuruike has demanded the resignation of Jega.
Addressing a press conference in Owerri, the Imo State capital yesterday, the MASSOB alleged that Jega was bent on conducting a kangaroo election where he intends to pronounce his preferred candidate the winner of the poll.
He said that the allegation that Jega met with governors of an unnamed political party in Dubai, was enough reason for him to resign as INEC chairman.
Uwazuruike warned that the South-East and South-South would boycott the elections if Jega insisted on remaining in office, adding that the Igbo residents in the northern part of the country would largely be affected in the event of eruption of crisis before, during and after the elections.
“It has become increasingly worrisome that despite strong allegations of bias against the INEC boss, Attahiru Jega, he (Jega) is still preparing to conduct the forthcoming general elections@, maintained.
Uwazuruike said that his group was disturbed by the catastrophe his agenda might provoke, saying that the impending calamity could be avoided by Jega quitting.
His words: “In as much as many believe that Jega has compromised, the only option left for him is to quit. He is not the only person that can conduct election in Nigeria. Any national commissioner of the INEC can do so.
“If Jega so insists in conducting the elections he may well conduct the forthcoming elections only in the North. Jega cannot conduct a pre-determined election for the South,”, he said
