Friday, 6 March 2015

PDP divorses self from Fayose's call to sack Jega

The Peoples Democratic Party has dissociated itself from Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti State statement calling for the sack of INEC chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega.
The party's national leadership stated that the Ekiti state governor was just expressing his own opinion and not that of the party.
 Fayose had earlier called for the sacking of Jega, adding that if President Goodluck Jonathan decided to remove him, heaven would not fall.
 The Deputy National Chairman of the Party, Prince Uche Sedondus told journalists in Abuja on Thursday.He said,
  “We are not fighting Jega. The opinion expressed by the governor of Ekiti State on the INEC chairman remains his own. He’s not speaking for the party .Never, nothing like that is even cooking. There is no plan to remove Jega. “He added that the party “has absolute confidence in INEC and its leadership.
“We won’t bribe voters to return the President into office. As a matter of fact, we have never bribed

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