Abia State Governor Alex Otti, on Friday, commended
President Bola Tinubu for his non-interference with the judgment delivered in
different election matters by the Supreme Court.
Otti made the commendation on Friday while reacting to the
apex court’s verdict that affirmed his election as governor in the governorship
election held on March 18, 2023.
He spoke in an interaction with newsmen in Nvosi, Isiala
Ngwa South Local Government Area.
He thanked Tinubu for remaining firm in his resolve to
ensure that the judiciary remains independent.
According to the governor, this gesture has made the
judicial process produce positive results in the country.
“If he did not do that, some of the judgments and verdicts
that were given today might have been different.
“That is why today the NNPP governor in Kano State was
returned, though he lost at the lower tribunal and Appeal Court.
“I want to encourage the president to continue in that
light.
“I believe that his non-intervention in the judicial process
has produced positive results in the country today.
“A few places where people were getting ready to burn down
places today, they have shelved their plots because the rule of law
prevailed,’’ Otti said.
He also commended the judiciary for remaining firm and not
allowing the people’s will to be truncated by desperate politicians.
He said that the development had indeed reaffirmed that “the
judiciary remains the last hope of the common man”.
The governor thanked the governorship candidates in Abia,
especially those who did not go to court, for being supportive as well as the
men of God, who kept praying for him and Abia Government.
“I want to invite everyone, including my opponents who were
in court with me, to say now that the battle is over, you have no choice but to
sheath your sword.
“I invite you to come with every good idea you have, let us
sit down and discuss because the most important thing is Abia.
“Anybody that has anything to contribute to the positive
development of the state is welcomed, irrespective of their political, ethnic
and religious leanings, we are one and the same people.
“From now on, division cannot be allowed in Abia. We are all
in one boat.
“Anybody who wants the good of our state should join us in
this boat and the boat is large enough to accept and receive everyone,” Otti
said.
He thanked God for the victory as well as the people of Abia
for supporting him in his effort to rescue Abia from maladministration.
He congratulated all the governors, who also won their cases
in court and appreciated other Nigerians who, he said, admired his style of
leadership.
Otti further said that the Supreme Court verdict had renewed
his resolve to deliver the dividend of democracy to the citizens and restore
the dignity of the people of Abia.
He said that he was desirous to ensure that the state would
be positively reckoned with in the comity of states of the federation.
NAN
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