AS the 2011 elections draw nearer, constitutional lawyer, Itse Sagay has given a scathing assessment of the ability of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman, Professor Attaihiru Jega to deliver free, fair and credible polls next April.
In an exclusive interview with The Guardian, Sagay took a swipe at the INEC boss, stating that he (Jega) lacks the capacity to deliver flawless elections.
Using the recently concluded re-run election as the basis for his critique, the legal luminary said the commission had failed its litmus test.
His words: “The election INEC conducted in Delta was a complete failure and a complete disgrace, and it is now quite certain that the 2011 general elections are going to fail. Jega has no capacity to organise free, and credible elections. Something that an 11-year old child would detect and take action about was easily ignored by the Jega commission, and they were shaking hands with elections riggers and installing them, even with evidence staring them in the face.
“Looking at the results from the three Warri local governments, nobody needed to tell you that there had been massive fraud; the local government that had the least population produces a voting level of about 50 percent, whereas all the other local governments were producing voting rates of between two and ten percent.”
Sagay also pointed out figures of votes cast in four local governments, Warri North, Warri South, Warri Central, and Bomadi were equal to the figures from 21 other councils of the state.
In an exclusive interview with The Guardian, Sagay took a swipe at the INEC boss, stating that he (Jega) lacks the capacity to deliver flawless elections.
Using the recently concluded re-run election as the basis for his critique, the legal luminary said the commission had failed its litmus test.
His words: “The election INEC conducted in Delta was a complete failure and a complete disgrace, and it is now quite certain that the 2011 general elections are going to fail. Jega has no capacity to organise free, and credible elections. Something that an 11-year old child would detect and take action about was easily ignored by the Jega commission, and they were shaking hands with elections riggers and installing them, even with evidence staring them in the face.
“Looking at the results from the three Warri local governments, nobody needed to tell you that there had been massive fraud; the local government that had the least population produces a voting level of about 50 percent, whereas all the other local governments were producing voting rates of between two and ten percent.”
Sagay also pointed out figures of votes cast in four local governments, Warri North, Warri South, Warri Central, and Bomadi were equal to the figures from 21 other councils of the state.
“What is so special about those three local governments? Are they more enlightened than the rest of the State,” Sagay queried, adding, “the fraud was so blatant that even a blind man could see it.”
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