The immediate past Chairman of the Independent
National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor
Attahiru Jega, said at the weekend that he was
satisfied with the apology offered by a former
Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Elder Godsday
Orubebe over his unruly behaviour during the
collation of results at the last presidential
election .
Speaking in Ilorin, Kwara State, where he
attended the 80th birthday ceremony of a former
National Commissioner of INEC, Dr. Abdulkadir
Oniyangi, the Bayero University Kano lecturer said
he had since forgotten about the matter.
It would be recalled that Orubebe, who was the
PDP agent during the last election, accused Jega
of bias and almost brought the collation process
to a premature end but for the display of maturity
by the former INEC boss, which brought the
unexpected situation under control, and the
announcement of results went ahead.
Jega advised Nigerians to put Orubebe’s
performance behind and move on in building on
the gains of the last election, which he said met
the requirements of international best practices.
He said: “I think the Orubebe’s incident is behind
us, and we should just move on and not be held
back by it. I was made to understand that a day
or two after the incident, Mr. Orubebe made a
public apology through the news media and I
think that is sufficient enough”.
“I think the challenges for us include ensuring
that statesmen act as they should. And under all
circumstances, we must control our emotions and
resist the temptation of making wild allegations,
which can disrupt a process as important as the
election. But I think we all learnt something from
the elections”, he added.
The former INEC boss, who has now returned to
the lecture room at BUK, said he was delighted to
be back.
He also expressed optimism that INEC will
continue to work on the voters’ register.
source : www.ngtrends.com/2015/08/why-i-wasnt-moved-by-orubebes-outburst-during-election-collation-exercise-prof-attahiru-jega/?utm_source=&utm_medium=twitter

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A great man, this Jega. An inspiration to us all

Jegaquin himself

Great talk. Self control is all we need in both personal and public matters.

Hope he will be that calm with his students sha. Children of nowadays can be annoying o. Person fit dey ping, watch mojo, etc for lecture hall. I hope he has enough "jega" to keep him going.

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I need dat man kinds of wisdom....

I can't fit laugh

Wow,this is great,i love patient and courageous peope

Jega my role model

Jega is partial
jega is tribalist

Orubebe d international embarrassment and an hero to the wailing wailer.

thump up jega