▪ Lauds Supreme Court Justices on timely intervention
Delta State Governor Senator Dr
Ifeanyi Okowa has hailed the court of appeal ruling which declared
Eyitayo Jegede, (SAN) as the authentic gubernatorial candidate of the Peoples
Democratic Party, (PDP) for the November 26, 2016Governorship election in
Ondo State.
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Governor Okowa described the decision
of the Court of Appeal panel led by Justice Ibrahim Salauwa, which on Wednesday
upheld Eyitayo Jegede, the candidate of the Makarfi led PDP as a triumph of
good over political bitterness aided by selfish interests.
Reacting to the unanimous judgment of
the appellate court that Jegede was duly nominated as the authentic candidate
of the party, Okowa in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Charles
Aniagwu in Asaba on Wednesday, urged the Sheriff led faction of the party and
its candidate, Jimoh Ibrahim to stop distracting the party and support Jegede
to deliver for the party in the Ondo election.
He said: “I commend the Court of
Appeal in Abuja for their unananimous judgment which restored Eyitayo Jegede as
the candidate of our party. This ruling is very significant because the will of
the people, clearly expressed, cannot be thwarted by a clique being propelled
by political bitterness and selfish interests they want to promote”.
In a related development,
Governor Ifeanyi Okowa has also commended the Justices of the Supreme Court
which on Tuesday ruled that the Appeal Court can proceed to give judgment
on all matters before it in respect of the Ondo State Guber Elections.
Okowa said but for the prompt
intervention of the Supreme Court, anarchy would have been the order of the day
in Ondo State.
“I thank the Supreme Court for their
prompt and unambiguous judgment. “The justices of the Supreme Court have once
again entrenched the hope of the common man in the fairness and non-partisanship
of the judiciary.
"It is therefore my expectation
that with the judgment, all PDP faithful will join hands together and work
towards the success of the party at the polls".
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