Once bitten by a snake calls for precaution on the sight of ordinary earthworm!! Certainly, it was not *Area Boy Hysteria* when President Goodluck Ebelechukwu Azikiwe Jonathan declared that 16 governors are bigger in number than 19 governors; it was not the *Area Boy Hysteria* that caused President Goodluck Ebelechukwu Azikiwe Jonathan to provide police protection for five members of River State's House of Assembly in their attempt to suspend twenty-seven members of the House and impeach the Governor and its Deputy; it was not *Area Boy Hysteria* either that caused President Jonathan to provide police protection for seven members of Ekiti State's House of Assembly to suspend nineteen members of the House and to impeach its Speaker. It was not the Area Boys who demanded the removal of Jega as Chairman of INEC because of his insistence to deploy PVC/CR for voting in Nigeria. A typical *Area Boy Hysteria,* perhaps,was expressed on Tuesday, 2 March 2015, by Jonathan's Minister of Culture and Tourism as well as Supervising Minister of Information, Chief Edem Duke, when he charged thus, "Jega wants to try a new system of accreditation without briefing the President over the issue. No freedom is absolute. Section 125 of the constitution forbids electronic voting. Although the Card Reader cannot be used for voting, but for checking votes, it signals danger." Has some PDP corrupted electoral officers not helped to sabotage the function of Card Readers in some polling units so as to fulfil the prediction of PDP on Card Readers? Regardless of who might be the financier of *Situation Room* there is cause for anxiety over the partisanship of the armed security forces in the election procedures especially in Imo, Anambra, Akwa Ibom, Edo and River States. In view of the above, I think the alarm of *Situation Room*is justified and well placed.
Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2015 18:19:00 -0700
Subject: Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - QUICK ACTION REQUIRED TO SAVE THE PEOPLE'S MANDATE
From: okeyiheduru@gmail.com
To: usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com; jibo72@gmail.com"Situation Room urges the International community to exert every effort in assisting the Nigerian people to hold political actors to account.
Where necessary, needed sanctions should immediately be activated and targeted against specific political actors and officials for their action in instigating crisis in Nigeria" -- Dr. Jibrin Ibrahim
There you go again, Mr. Situation Room! Whereas you're pointing one finger at your unnamed "political forces and security personnel," your other three fingers are actually pointing back at you as someone who is whipping up tension and heating up the polity.Were you and most members of your self-appointed "Situation Room" guardians not the very people who claimed to have incontrovertible evidence that President Jonathan was planning to postpone the election a second time? That the army was planning to impose an interim government? That President Jonathan had signed a letter asking Prof. Jega to proceed on "terminal leave"...? And, many more of this Area Boy hysteria.Please calm down and allow INEC to do its job. We know the "international community" pays your bills and you must demonstrate some "value-added" to their grant-giving, but it would be great if for once you could give Nigerians the chance to try and sort out their problems by themselves. We still have our country to build/rebuild, no matter who wins -- that will go a long way to "deepening our democracy."Peace as always!OkeyOn Sun, Mar 29, 2015 at 5:42 PM, Jibrin Ibrahim <jibo72@gmail.com> wrote:A CALL TO PROTECT THE SANCTITY OF OUR VOTES
The Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room is concerned by reports of attempts across several states of the country to undermine the integrity of the collation of votes and outcome of the March 28 Presidential and National Assembly general elections.
The Situation Room has received disturbing reports that politicians using various arms of the national security apparatus are attempting to fiddle with the collation process and pass off results that undermine the credibility of the elections and the sacrifice of millions of Nigerians from all walks of life, who against all odds trooped out to cast their votes on March 28.
INEC:
Situation Room calls on the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to ensure that results that are announced reflect the true outcome of the votes cast by the Nigerian people. Given the many concerns that have been raised and the investments that have been made towards the conduct of the 2015 general elections, INEC must ensure that its laudable efforts are not marred by a failure or abuse of the collation process and that all announced results are accurate and reflective of the will of the Nigerian people as expressed in their vote on March 28, 2015.
POLITICIANS
Situation Room is disappointed at the actions of politicians who are hell bent on plunging the country into chaos to achieve desperate political ends.
Reported electoral fraud being sought to be perpetuated by political forces and security personnel negate the spirit of the Abuja Peace Accord voluntarily signed by the presidential candidates of the political parties, and threaten the peace and stability of the Nigerian nation.
SECURITY AGENCIES:
Situation Room also calls on security personnel to note that they will be held to account and pursued for prosecution under various local and international laws if they undermine the elections.
CITIZENS:
Situation Room calls on Nigerians to be vigilant at this critical time of our national history and defend the course of democracy.
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY:
Situation Room also calls on the International Community and democracies around the World to support the Nigerian people in defence of our right to democratically elect our leaders, without political subversion by politicians.
Situation Room urges the International community to exert every effort in assisting the Nigerian people to hold political actors to account.
Where necessary, needed sanctions should immediately be activated and targeted against specific political actors and officials for their action in instigating crisis in Nigeria.
Jibrin Ibrahim PhDSenior FellowCentre for Democracy and Development
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