Orubebe apologises for collation centre outburst

Godsday Orubebe, former minister of Niger Delta affairs and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) agent for the presidential election, has apologised to Nigerians for his outburst at the national collation centre of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

Orubebe, through his Twitter @ElderGOrubebe, said: “At ICC, the event and outburst of yesterday is regrettable. Apologies to fellow Nigerians.”

‎The national collation centre at the International Conference Centre (ICC), Abuja, was in uproar on Tuesday, as Orubebe hurled invective at Attahiru Jega, chairman of INEC, alleging that he had colluded with the All Progressives Congress (APC) to falsify the results of the presidential election.

“PDP has been observing with pains the manner you have been handling some issues‎,” he screamed.

“We are beginning to see that you are partial and tribalistic. The PDP has lost confidence in what you are doing. We have lost confidence in you because you are partial and selective.”

Orubebe vowed to disrupt the further announcement of the results, asking Jega to respond to the issues raised by the PDP in a letter to the commission previously.

‎In a fit of rage, the former minister of Niger Delta affairs said to Jega: “You are tribalistic, you are partial. Until something is done, we cannot allow you to continue the process.”

Responding, the INEC chairman explained that he did not receive any petition from the PDP, stating that the party, through one of its agent, Bello Fadile had tried to submit a petition to him on Monday while collation was going on, but he rejected it owing to the reason that it did not follow the right channel.

On the allegation of colluding with the APC to falsify results‎, Jega simply said: “I do not give results to anybody.

“I have not given anybody any result and I have not seen any result.”