AFTER serving his five-year tenure meritoriously, the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega, is bowing out on a blaze of glory. An erudite scholar, highly principled, well-focused and an accomplished academia, Jega was put to the acid test of integrity in the last five years when he waded through the murky waters of Nigerian politics and came out unscathed. For the above reason, Jega has been described as a patriot and a gentleman.
Jega, who is leaving INEC with six national commissioners whose tenure has equally expired, fought the greatest battle of his life, to preserve his good name, in conducting the 2015 general elections. When former President Goodluck Jonathan nominated Jega as the Chairman of INEC in June, 2010, it was borne out of the conviction that he was found worthy of a position that had a history of lacking in men that live up to the creed such an office demands— unimpeachable integrity and being a consistent stickler for truth.
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