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You Won The Elections Clean, Tribunals Tell Governors Okowa Of Delta, Lalong Of Plateau

okowa and laalongThe Governor ship Election Petition Tribunals of Plateau and Delta States have given clean bill of health Governors Simon Lalong, All Progressives Congress (Plateau state) and Ifeanyi Okowa of Peoples Democratic Party (Delta state). The Tribunals upheld their victories in the April 11, 2015 governorship elections.
The Plateau PDP candidate, Gyang Pwajok had challenged the election of Lalong in Plateau state, alleging that the election was fraught with many irregularities. He prayed the Tribunal to annul the election and to declare him the winner.
The Chairman of the tribunal, Justice Lanre Akeredolu in his ruling in Jos, the Plateau State capital, dismissed the petition for want of merit.
This was even as the Delta State Governorship Election petition sitting in Asaba, the state capital, also upheld the election of Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
The Tribunal dismissed the petitions of the Labour Party (LP) and All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidates in the 2015 governorship election, Chief Great Ovedje Ogboru and Olorogun O’tegha Emerhor respectively.
Meanwhile, Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, Ovwigho Igbuya has congratulated Dr. Okowa for his victory at the Tribunal and praised the judiciary for remaining the protector of the oppressed.
In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Henry Ebireri, the speaker described the April 11 governorship election as the fairest and freest in the history of the state.
“Your victory at the Tribunal shows that the people of Delta State clearly authorized your candidature. It also shows that the judiciary is the last hope of the common man.”
He commended Okowa for running a transparent and accountable government and also placing the state on the world map for good, growth and development.
Igbuya who also praised the governor for the pragmatic steps taken to address the problems in the various sectors, the development of democratic culture and stable polity, the creation of jobs for the people and the elevation of politics beyond the mundane levels of wrangling, greed and selfishness, said the governor in the last six months focused on administering the State, with the fear of God and for the good of the people.
“Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa is a caring governor. He believes in merit and places top priority on the welfare of the people. He has relentlessly pursued a vigorous policy for provision of social facilities and infrastructure.”
He said that God threw up Governor Okowa to develop the state, even as he called on the governor to keep up the good works.
He enjoined Chief Great Ogboru and Olorogun O’tega Emerhor to support Governor Okowa in transforming the state.
“There is no victor, no vanquished.” [myad]

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