Jega explodes, says I’m not afraid for my life

Guardian

31 March 2011

Jega explodes, says I’m not afraid for my life

Targets 48 hours for release of full results

To hold INEC officials responsible for court indictment

PROFESSOR Attahiru Jega, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), was upbeat yesterday when he spoke to journalists in Abuja. He declared that the INEC he chairs is ready to conduct a not-business-as-usual kind of election from Saturday.

Jega stated at Yar’Adua Centre that INEC could announce any final results within 48 hours even as he said that the 870, 000 cases of multiple registration that has been discovered would not affect the sanctity of the voters’ register.

Speaking on his personal safety, Jega declared: “I am not worried about my safety, about my life. If I were afraid about my life, I would not have accepted this job. I am a believer. In my religion, there is predestination… what will happen to me has been predestined.

Jega, a former vice chancellor of Bayero University, Kano (BUK), said....