The Action Congress (
Ac) has hailed the Court of Appeal sitting in Benin City for doing the right thing by upholding the
nullification of the election of Senator Oserheimen Osunbor as Governor of Edo State and confirming the declaration of
AC candidate Adams Oshiomhole as the duly elected governor of the state. The party says the court did the right thing.
In a statement issued in Abuja Tuesday by Alhaji Lai Mohammed, AC’s National Publicity Secretary, the party said the Court of Appeal ruling confirmed the widely-held belief that the judgement of the lower court (the election petition tribunal), delivered in March, was sound and beyond reproach.
According to the party, there is no doubt that the judgement will go a long way in shoring up the image of the judiciary, which seems to have taken a battering in recent times over some curious and inexplicable judgements on the 2007 general elections.
It said the Edo verdict has further strengthened AC’s resolve to see to the enthronement of genuine democracy in Nigeria.
"We are committed to the enthronement of genuine democracy in Nigeria for the benefit of our long-suffering people, no matter how long it takes to achieve. We have absolute confidence and faith in the people to join us in bringing about the much-desired change for the better in our dear nation. We know we can, and we will!’’
Mohammed thanked the people of Edo State for persevering and for staying calm, despite their palpable frustration over the unusually-long period it took for them to finally get justice.
The party futher assured the people of great days ahead, as Governor Oshiomhole begins the hard work aimed at ensuring that the good people of Edo State enjoy the much-awaited dividends of democracy and the lost glory of the state is restored.
``Now, the people of Edo will begin to have a taste of what Lagos residents have been enjoying under the AC administration: Good governance!’’ it said.
Equally, the AC thanked all its supporters nationwide for their continued belief in the party and its leadership, urging them to continue to keep the faith and to remain calm until the party achieves victory in its presidential election petition at the Supreme Court.it was a victory come after many years of fighting by the Ac man .