Members of the Movement for the Actualization of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) took over Enugu streets on Friday calling for the resignation of the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Atahiru Jega.
The angry MASSOB members marched through major streets of the Coal City chanting solidarity songs with placards, some of which read: “Jega Must Go”, “With Jega, No Election”.
It was learnt that the anti-Jega protests were held simultaneously across the five states of the Southeast geo-political zone, namely, Abia, Anambra, Enugu, Ebonyi and Imo States.
DAILY POST observed that the demonstration was peaceful in Enugu, though there was traffic jam in the streets as they prevented motorists from plying during the protest.
The move for Jega’s removal by the MASSOB was first made public last week by the Leader of the Igbo group, Chief Ralph Uwazuruike when he vowed to stop the conduct of the forthcoming general elections in the Southern part of the country if Jega remained the boss of the national electoral body.
To carry out his threat, Uwazuruike, in a telephone interview on Friday said, “We are organizing the protest against Jega because he is biased and cannot conduct a credible election for Nigerians.
“We know that he is in favour of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and if allowed to conduct the elections, he will definitely favour the party and when that happens, there will be crisis and people will die.
“The crisis will and can even lead to a war and we don’t want bloodshed. We are not hiding the fact that we are supporting Jonathan because of the burial he gave to our leader, Ojukwu and therefore we are sure that if the election is free and fair, Jonathan will win”, he concluded.
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