Jega meets service chiefs, IGP others over polls

Chairman of the Independent National Electoral
Committee, Prof Attahiru Jega, on Saturday, had a
closed-door meeting with the National Peace
Committee for 2015 General Elections chaired by
General Abdulsalami Abubakar (retd) over the
elections.
Others who attended the meeting were the service
chiefs including the Chief of Defence Staff, Air Vice
Marshal Alex Badeh; the Inspector-General of
Police, Mr. Suleiman Abba, and leadership of the
major political parties.
The meeting also had in attendance the Sultan of
Sokoto, His Eminence Sa’ad Abubakar 111;
Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, John Cardinal
Onaiyekan ; Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese,
Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah; former Chief of
General Staff, Commodore Ebitu Ukiwe; Special
Adviser to the President on Inter- Party Relations,
Senator Ben Obi.
Jega and the security chiefs left the meeting after
a break but refused to disclose to journalists the
outcome of the meeting.
When the meeting came to a final close, General
Abubakar also refused to address the media.
But a former Chief Judge of the Federal High
Court, Justice Rose Ukeje told journalists on
Saturday night that both INEC and the security
agencies had re-affirmed their commitment to
conduct the elections as scheduled.