For him, he cannot fathom why any Nigerian will think he carried out the drama at the presidential result collation centre as part of a plot to abduct the Independent National Electoral Commission chairman, Attahiru Jega and trigger instability nationally.

 

In an interview with Leadership, the politician vigorously defended his political record:

 

“I am shocked. In fact, am still wondering why I will ever consider conniving with friends and other party stalwarts to foment national violence that will in turn fall on children, women and youths as falsely speculated to the detriment of the unity and peace of our great nation. I am an advocate of peace. This was why I was in the forefront to anchor the celebrated ceasefire with Niger Delta ex- militants to usher in peace to the once restive region. I cannot afford to sacrifice national unity and peace on the platter of power.”

“I am too disciplined to stoop that low. I have never thought of that and to this effect, I want to tell Nigerians and the world at large that the circulated story is not only slanderous, libelous but a disparaging defamatory otherwise salacious material against my personality and a cheap strategy to sale their papers’.‘I have directed my lawyer to write ThisDay and stop them from henceforth, desist from further publishing and misleading Nigerians. Orubebe further accused thepaper of flouting the ethics of balance reportage , saying it in clear terms that ‘I was never called nor SMS as they claim.’