Ex-minister Orubebe in show of shame

•Attempt To Disrupt Announcement Of Presidential Election Result Fails

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.

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.