After PDP party agent Godsday Orubebe created an embarrassing scene at
the collation centre in Abuja this morning, trying to disrupt
announcement of results (read here)
a very calm Jega told him;
"Mr Orubebe, you are a former Minister of the Federal Republic .You are a
statesman in your own right. You should be careful about what you say
or what allegations or accusations you make. Certainly you should be
careful about your public conduct" Jega's response to Orubebe has been
hailed as mature and worthy of praise. In fact, there's a meaning for
Jega now. 'Jega' - meaning - 'To be inexplicably chilled in the midst of
stupidity or conflict".
lol. Prof Jega's full response after the cut
"You have made two comments. One is that you submitted a petition which
I refused to accept. Secondly you claimed that there was a result
released by the APC which you alleged that we gave to them or I gave to
them. With regards to the first point, yesterday after we took the first
batch of results in this hall and as we declared a recess until 4pm, as
I was walking down back to the office, my PA came to me and said that
here are some papers that Dr Bello Fadile, a representative of the PDP
said that he should collect it; that I said Dr Fadile should give him
those papers. I told him that I didn't tell Dr Fadile to give any papers
to you. Return them to him because Dr Fadile, after we declared for
recess came on to this platform. As a party agent, he is not supposed to
do that and gave some documents to my PA who is writing results here.
and I am sure some of the agents and some of the pressmen may have seen
that and I told my PA to take back those documents to him. If he told
you I told him to give you any documents, I did not. Take them back to
him, Subsequently, Dr Fadile sent me a text message saying that there
are petitions and that he wants to submit them. I told him we don't
collect petitions on the platform when we are declaring results and then
he said I should have left my office open so that they can submit those
petitions in my office. I told him our secretary, the secretary to the
commission is not anywhere in this hall. She is in her office and that
her business is to receive communication. If they are important enough,
she would bring them to me here. I have started collation. I cannot be
receiving petition in this hall or in this platform. And when I replied
that text message, he replied again and said Okay, he will see what he
can do. I interpreted the text as he was going to take that petition or
whatever document he has to the secretary of the commission. As I speak
with you now, I have not received anything from the secretary to the
commission. That is regards to the issue of the so called petition.
Regarding results published by APC on its website, I do not give results
to anybody. The results were announced formally as INEC are results
declared here. And we have warned everybody to be careful and to ensure
that the do not declare results which we have not officially announced.
So as far as I am concerned I have not seen any results. I have not
given anybody any results. So for you to even engage me on that issue I
think frankly that is not fair to me. I have not seen the results. How
can I speak on something that I have not seen. So please let us be
careful of what we say or do so that we do not disrupt a process that
has ended peacefully and in a matter of hours we would be able to finish
it.". Jega said
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