Attahiru Jega, chairman of Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has told his aides that he plans to inform tomorrow’s meeting of the Council of State that his commission is fully prepared for the February 14, 2015 elections. According to INEC sources, Mr. Jega indicated that he also intended to brief the council on a few outstanding minor logistical issues which he said INEC would be able to take care of in the next week.
The chair of the electoral commission however expressed concern that the Nigerian armed forces, despite openly claiming to be fully prepared for the elections, had refused to meet with INEC to discuss specific roles that each of would play in order to help safeguard electoral materials and distribute them across the nation.
One source said that some INEC officials believe that the military’s uncooperative attitude arose from a scheme by President Goodluck Jonathan and his supporters to frustrate the elections. As far back as October 2014, reports had disclosed that Mr. Jonathan was less interested in the elections than in the elongation of his tenure.
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