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Progressives Congress (APC) stalwart, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has
congratulated Ogun State Governor Dapo Abiodun over the judgment of the
state’s Governorship Election Petition Tribunal affirming his victory in
the March poll.
Asiwaju Tinubu said the APC candidate truly
deserved the victory, “despite the intimidation, harassment and violence
unleashed on your numerous supporters and other shenanigans perpetrated
by known opposition elements within and outside our party, APC”.
The
tribunal, headed by Justice Yusuf Halilu, threw out the petition filed
by Abdulkadir Adekunle Akinlade and the Allied People’s Movement (APM).
The
judge held that the petitioners “not only failed, but also irredeemably
failed” to prove their allegations of over-voting and substantial
non-compliance with the Electoral Act.
In a congratulatory letter
to Abiodun, dated September 15, which he personally signed, Asiwaju
Tinubu said: “Saturday’s judgment of the Ogun State Governorship
Election Petition Tribunal affirming your electoral victory has further
demonstrated that your election was indeed a true reflection of the
wishes of your people. “We were all living witnesses to the fact that
despite the intimidation, harassment and violence unleashed on your
numerous supporters and other shenanigans perpetrated by known
opposition elements within and outside our party, APC, you emerged
victorious because the people of Ogun stood by you.
“Undaunted by
all of that, you ran a clean, peaceful, issues-based campaign. You
were, by far, the most popular and most qualified of the governorship
candidates, hence your election. You truly deserve your victory.
“This
is now time to extend your hand of fellowship to the APM candidate and
others who contested against you and indeed other stakeholders in the
state. You must re-dedicate yourself to re-uniting the people and be the
governor for all.
“Ogun State deserves development; Ogun State
deserves industrialisation. Having made success in your private
multi-sectoral entrepreneurial life, you are best placed to replicate
this in Ogun. This you must do within the shortest possible time.
“Once again, I congratulate you and wish you God’s guidance in the daunting, but not insurmountable tasks, ahead of you.”
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