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Governor Nwifuru Lauds Supreme Court, Others Over Victory

- By Joyce Onuora, Abakaliki

Ebonyi State Governor Francis Ogbonna Nwifuru has Commended Justices of the Supreme Court for upholding truth, fairness, justice and the will of the people in the judgement that affirmed his election victory.

The Chief Press Secretary to Governor Nwifuru,  Dr Monday Uzor, made the statement in a press release made available to newsmen on Friday, January 12, 2024.

The statement which reads in part said, Governor's Nwifuru's administration is now more focused to deliver dividends of democracy to the people

"The people's charter of needs which integrates the urgent needs of our people would have been truncated if not for the fervency of your supplications to Almighty God, for the judiciary to defend democratic ethos."

Governor Nwifuru, commended the nation's judiciary for their sincerity and unbiased stance in the dispensation of justice. He also appreciated the the All Progressive Congress and his campaign Council, the Divine mandate campaign Organization, for galvanizing support that led to his victory at the 2023 guber polls.

"Today is a historic day in our dear State, a day when light overtook darkness; it is a  victorious day for us, on the Supreme Court judgement that finally upheld the popular mandate freely given to us by you."

"The judgement which was delivered by the erudite judges has finally nailed the protracted legal battle, challenging the sincerity of purpose, courage of conviction, equity, fairness and justice, the fulcrum which our coming to power is hinged.

"Notwithstanding, I want to say, it is a win-win for all of us who vehemently opposed the mercantile politics that nearly shattered our shared vision as a people. Therefore, I congratulate us all. 

The Governor expressed that the judgment calls for not only jubilation but celebration because it has brought to an end, attempts to truncate the wish of the people.

"As we have survived their legal onslaughts, we are now more than conquerors, with a renewed urge to deliver the mandate you freely gave. "

"We are convinced that division shall not again rear its ugly head against our shared norms and common ancestral goals, he said.

Gov. Nwifuru however assured that, he will remain magnanimous in his resolve to carry everybody along irrespective of Party affiliations; and enjoined his opponents to join hands with him in his administration's  drive to build a more virile State. END