"Further litigations not in Ebonyi's interests"--Akpu Enika counsels Nwifuru's election opponents


The Immediate Past Commissioner for Youth Development and Sports in Ebonyi state, Charlse Akpu Enika has urged Governor Francis Nwifuru's opponents during the last gubernatorial elections to shun further litigations in the state's interest.

Akpu Enika said that the affirmation of Nwifuru's mandate by the Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja on Thursday, September 27, 2023, shows that the people spoke their minds through the ballot on March 18, 2023.

The former commissioner said that the victory at the tribunal was joyous and auspicious as it affirmed the massiveness of the mandate given the Governor by Ebonyi people.

"As the governor pointed out during his speech to the people after the judgement was delivered, his opponents knew that he won the election and they lost.

"The judges saw that there was nothing to preside over as the massiveness of the result was overwhelming.

"He has further added icing on the cake by extending a hand of fellowship to his opponents, urging them to bring the noble ideas in their manifestoes to move the state forward,".

Akpu Enika then urged the concerned candidates to accept this invitation in the interest of the state.

"This was a contest between brothers and the people have declared where their minds are.

"Further litigations will amount to waste of ideas and funds that could had been channeled to the state's interest.

"The governor has declared that the peace of the state was paramount and should be protected at all costs

"He also declared that the collaboration of his opponents would bring the desired forgiveness and reconciliation which would aid the state's growth and development,'.

The former commissioner heartily congratulated the governor on the victory, noting that it was a platform for the sustainance of equity in power distribution in the state.

"Your impeccable record as the Speaker of the most peaceful House of Assembly in Nigeria, the Ebonyi state House of Assembly for eight years left no voter in doubt of your sterling qualities.

"So far, with barely five months on the covered throne, you have proven that the voters made no mistake, infact, they made the right choice.

"With the people at your back, we can only pray that God will give you the strength and wisdom to continue steering the ship of Ebonyi graciously,".

He also congratulated the state Deputy Governor, Mrs Patricia Obila, state Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Chief Stanley Okoro-Emegha and all government officials on the momentous victory.

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