RAPHEAL EKPANG-ABUJA
Deputy President of the Nigerian Senate, SENATOR OVIE OMO-AGEGE has congratulated PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI on his victory at the PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION PETITION TRIBUNAL.
In a congratulatory message on Wednesday personally signed by him, SENATOR OMO-AGEGE described the development as victory for democracy.
“I join the millions of Nigerians in congratulating you on your overwhelming electoral victory won on the basis of a populist mandate as well as today’s judicial victory won on the strength of our constitution, at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal today.
“Your victory and that of the governing All Progressives Congress (APC) at the February 23 Presidential election was not only visible to the blind but audible to the deaf as our progressive ideals resonate profoundly with the genuine hopes and aspirations of our people.
“Today’s (Wednesday) judgment only affirmed the conviction of many who have consistently maintained that with the over three million votes margin between you and your closest challenger, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), it was glaring that they were merely embarking on an academic exercise at the tribunal.
“It was no surprise, therefore, that the petition of Atiku and the PDP was torn to shreds and dismissed unanimously by the five-man panel. Like we were taught in law, you cannot put something on nothing and expect it to stand.
“As you continue to strive towards making our dear nation the envy of other nations through your Next Level Agenda, remain assured that the 9th Senate will provide the enabling environment for the actualization of our progressive objectives.
“My family, constituents and other well-meaning Nigerians felicitate with you on this landmark victory which has taken an avoidable distraction out of the way, even as we look forward to renewed collective vigour – under your principled leadership – against inherited developmental challenges,” the concluded.
The presidential election tribunal sitting in Abuja on Wednesday September 11 delivered a judgement and affirmed PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI’S victory in the February 23 presidential election.
The five-man tribunal headed by JUSTICE GARBA MOHAMMED delivered the landmark judgement .
Recall that former Vice president ATIKU ABUBAKAR of the PEOPLES DEMOCRATIC PARTY had rejected the outcome of the presidential election and had approached the tribunal to challenge the victory of PRESIDENT BUHARI.
