GBAGII REACTS TO OKOWA’S VICTORY AT APPEAL COURT
OGHENETEJIRI NYERHOVWO
Olorogun Kenneth Gbagi, former Minister of Education has reacted to the triumph of Governor Ifeanyi Okowa over Chief Great Ogboru, APC governorship candidate in the March 9, 2019 governorship election at the Court of Appeal on Friday(15/11/2019).
According Olorogun Gbagi, “the case was dismissed for being unmeritorious, the victory is not for Governor Okowa only, it is for all Deltans, who have kept faith and ensured that the state is put on a proper footing. The victory as proclaimed by the Justices of Court of Appeal, Abuja, is exactly as I predicted on Thursday.”
Olorogun GBAGI added, “the unadulterated truth is that Delta is a one party state and that party is the Peoples Democratic Party, which was why a former governor, who exited the party, could not win a senatorial election on the platform of another party. Dr. Okowa’s resounding victory is in the interest of every Deltan , not because it is a win-win situation for all and sundry, but from the situation on ground physically, the governor is prudently managing available resources and transforming the state.”
He spoke further, I knew he would win because Deltans voted for him and having been following the case, I addressed reporters on Thursday, saying the tribunal judgment that upheld his victory by INEC was lucid, and had no grounds for Court of Appeal to upturn it, which was what you saw today (yesterday).
“I congratulate Governor Okowa for living up to the confidence Deltans reposed in him, I congratulate the Justices of the Court of Appeal for fittingly dispensing justice and Deltans for keeping faith with their governor, a man of character and boundless energy to serve,” he said.
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