In apparent departure from the
statesmanlike disposition of President
Goodluck Jonathan, the Peoples
Democratic Party, Wednesday
morning refused to sign the final
result sheet for the March 28
presidential election, won by General
Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) of the All
Progressives Congress, APC.
President Jonathan, the PDP,
candidate, had conceded defeat
earlier before the Chairman of the
Independent National Electoral
Commission, INEC and Chief
Returning Officer of the election,
Prof. Attahiru Jega, returned Buhari
as the President-elect at about
3.44am on Wednesday.
One of the PDP agents, Godsday
Orubebe, who, earlier caused a row
when the collation exercise
continued on Tuesday, had left the
National Collation Centre in Abuja
before the announcement of the
final result by Jega.
His colleague, Bello Fadile, was still
at the centre when party agents
were called upon to sign the result
sheet.
At about 3.36am when Fadile
approached the podium, where Jega
was seated, instead of signing the
result sheet as other agents invited
before him had done, he only spoke
few words in hushed tones to the
INEC boss, shook hands with him
(Jega) and returned to his seat.
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He however stayed back till the
end of the event at about 3.53am to
receive a copy of the result.
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