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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