Uche Ogah reacts to court victory, calls for unity
* Says light has triumphed over darkness
By Steve Oko
The governorship candidate of the All Progressive Congress, APC, in Abia State, Dr Uche Ogah, has called for unity among the party faithful ahead of the 2023 elections.
Ogah who was reacting to Friday’s Abuja High Court judgement affirming his candidacy, said APC must be united to win the forthcoming polls in the state.
Wawa News Global reports that Justice Binta Nyako had sacked parallel governorship candidate, Chief Ikechi Emenike, and declared Ogah as who emerged through direct primary as APC’s authentic governorship flag bearer.
The former Minister described the judgement as a triumph of light over darkness.
Ogah in a statement he personally signed expressed gratitude to God and the judiciary for “restoring” his mandate.
The statement made available to Vanguard in Umuahia read in part:”It has been quite a journey leading up to this moment and as no hand can cover the sun, justice has prevailed and all glory must be returned to the creator of the universe, the Lord God Almighty.
” We were not fazed because one with God is majority, light will always trounce darkness and truth will always prevail.
“At the onset of this episodic distraction, we had to submit ourselves, our victory and candidacy to God and judicial interpretation and intervention as it became apparent that forces of evil were bent on truncating the will of the authentic members of our great party, the All Progressives Congress and our intention towards salvaging our dearly beloved Abia State.
“We are grateful for the advancement of Nigeria’s legal system which continuously dispenses justice towards the restoration of sanity within our polity even as this victory signposts the confirmation that the judicial arm of government remains the hope of the ordinary man. Indeed we are immensely thankful for this outcome and words alone cannot represent our heartfelt gratitude.
“It is imperative that we unite in the bid to change the fortunes of our dear Abia State hence it is our strongest desire to partner with our brothers who put themselves forward in the concluded gubernatorial primary of our great party, the APC, in Abia State and I most profoundly request they come on board as the ship of our party is set to sail on to victory.”
“We are indeed grateful to our party members, our teeming supporters, friends, associates, our family members, the great people of Abia State, prayer teams, all men and women of God all over the world who have tarried with us on this journey towards the delivery of this judgement.
” Today, we begin the movement towards repositioning our great state and changing the fortunes of our people. God is Alive and He alone continues to rule in the affairs of men.”
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