Abia State Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu, has welcomed the
decision of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship aspirant,
Uchechukwu Ogah, to work with him.
This is contained in a letter he personally signed on Friday
and sent to Ogah.
Recall that Ikpeazu’e election was affirmed by the Supreme
Court last Friday.
A five-man bench of the apex court led by the Chief Justice
of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, unanimously upheld Ikpeazu’s election as
Abia State Governorafter dismissing Ogah’s appeal for lack of merit.
In his reaction, Ogah said he had accepted the verdict and
urged all the people of the state to support Ikpeazu as governor of the state.
The statement read, “On the 12th of May 2017, the Supreme
Court of Nigeria gave their final verdict over my case with Dr Okezie Ikpeazu,
the governor of Abia State. Even though a painful verdict, but as someone that
believes in the rule of law and the judiciary, I have accepted the decision of
the apex court in good faith.
“As the legal battle comes to an end with the Supreme
Court’s declaration, I’m exceedingly happy today that in the course of this
struggle, I never resorted to self-help nor encouraged my supporters to indulge
in any form of violence either in my State or elsewhere.
“May I especially thank my teeming supporters for standing
by me all through this journey and may I also use this golden opportunity to
congratulate His Excellency, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, governor of Abia State and
urge all Abians to join hands in supporting the Governor in order to move our
dear state forward.”
In his letter, Ikpeazu said thanked Ogah for extending hand
of friendship.
Full letter below
May 19, 2017
Dr. Sampson Uche Ogar, OON.
My dear brother,
RE: CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE
I write to personally acknowledge the message of
congratulations sent to us by your good self following the final judicial
imprimatur given to my mandate by the Supreme Court of Nigeria on Friday, May
12, 2017 as the lawfully nominated and duly elected Governor of Abia State.
First, I wish to draw your attention to the fact that in my
administration, the title HIS EXCELLENCY, as used in your letter is not
applicable. This is a policy statement that has been in place since my
inauguration, please.
As was widely reported in the media, as soon as the Supreme
Court delivered their judgment, I immediately issued a statement wherein I
urged all parties to sheath their swords and put the interest of our dear
fledging state above narrow and personal political interests.
I also made it clear that I have, in the interest of our
dear state, put the episode of the long drawn litigation behind me and extended
warm invitations to everyone, irrespective of differences in political
ideologies, to join hands with me to move the state forward.
I note with delight that you have accepted that invitation.
Please recall that in my two meetings with you before this
time, I clearly made the point that at this stage of our development, our state
needs all her citizens to join hands together and contribute to her growth and
development.
Please rest assured of my commitment to work with everyone
on this new path of progress and unity.
Kindly accept, Dear Dr. Ogar, my continued assurances of the
highest consideration.
Yours in the service of our state,
Okezie Victor Ikpeazu, Phd
Governor of Abia State
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