Chairman Jega was supposed to be abducted after Godsay Orubebe disrupted the public tabulation

Plot to abduct Independent National Election Commission (INEC) Chairman Attahiru Jega by Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) agents during the presidential election in March has been disclosed.


The intent was to derail the vote tabulation when it was clear that the PDP could lose the election to the All Progressives Congress (APC).


The plotters are said to have included former Minister of State for the Niger Delta, Godsay Orubebe, and members of Chairman Jega’s state-sponsored security detail. Chairman Jega was supposed to be abducted after Godsay Orubebe disrupted the public tabulation by Chairman Jega and Resident Election Commissioners (RECs).

We believe that if Jega had taken a recess from Orubebes disturbance he might have been abducted.