Special Scoop: Jega To Proceed On Compulsory Retirement March 1, With Prof Mimiko Replacing Him

Information reaching NewsBeatPortal indicates that President Goodluck Jonathan may have finally succeeded in implementing his plan B - send INEC Chairman Prof Jega on a compulsory retirement - having earlier coerced the Independent National Electoral Commission into postponing elections in the country by six weeks.

Prof Jega will be asked to proceed on a compulsory retirement on the 1st of March, 2015 in compliance with the civil service procedure, even though by operation of the Law the date ought to have been March 24, 2015.

In a related development, the successor to the out-going Independent National Electoral Commission Chairman, Prof Attahiru Jega has being rumoured to have been nominated.

The In-coming INEC chairman is Prof Nazim Olufemi Mimiko, a professor of Political Science and International Relation and a former Vice Chancellor of Adekunle Ajasin University, Ondo State.

It remains to be seen if three weeks would be sufficient enough for the in-coming INEC chairman to properly conduct the presidential and governorship elections which had been rescheduled for March 28, 2015 and April 11, 2015 respectively.

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