PDP Agent and Ex-minister Orubebe in Display of Disgrace, Attempts to Disrupt Continuation of Presidential Election Results
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Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, agent and former Niger Delta Minister,
Godsday Orubebe, stormed the venue of the collation centre of the
Presidential election result in Abuja on Tuesday and almost disrupted
further announcement of the results by the Chairman of Independent
National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Attahiru Jega.
He ranted for more than 15 minutes in a feat of rage and sat on the
podium in front of where Jega and returning officers announced results.
Orubebe, who threw caution to the wind, claimed the PDP had protested
the election results in Kano, Katsina, and Jigawa but Jega was not
listening to them.
“You are partial. You have compromised. We cannot take it from you
again. We have no confidence in what you are doing. This cannot
continue,” Orubebe said.
The former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Elder Godsday Orubebe accused the Chairman of the Independent National electoral Commission
(INEC), Prof Attahiru Jega of being " tribalistic, selective and
partial" in dealing with issues of irregularities raised during the just
concluded Presidential and National Assembly elections.
Security agents and journalists as well as other party agents watched as Orubebe continued to rant for several minutes.
After he finished, INEC boss, Prof. Jega, who remained calm
throughout the moment of madness, denied receiving any protest from a
PDP agent because the commission cannot receive petitions on the
platform where election results were being announced.
Jega told Orubebe: “You are a former minister and a statesman in your
own night, a public figure. You should be careful about what you say or
do.
“I cannot be receiving petitions here. As I speak with you now, I have not seen any result.”
When normalcy eventually prevailed, the announcement of results continued.
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