Oyo APC Congratulates Tinubu, Nigerians Over Victory At Tribunal

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State has congratulated President Bola Tinubu over the validation of his victory at the poll held on February 25, 2023, by the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal.

The APC described the Wednesday judgement as an indication that the nation’s democracy was moving in the right direction with a prospect to meet up with global standards.

The five-man panel of judges led by Justice Haruna Tsammani had ruled that the various petitions from the former vice-president of Nigeria and presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, and the former governor of Anambra State and presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) at the 2023 general election, Peter Obi, as well as that of the Allied People’s Movement (APM) lacked merit and thereby affirmed the APC presidential candidate, Tinubu, as validly elected and sworn-in as the President of Nigeria.

Reacting to the development in a statement issued by its Publicity Secretary, Olawale Sadare, the Oyo APC posited that the Judiciary, as an arm of government, had again proved that it was ready to play its role as a reliable custodian of justice and the rule of law and is always ready to safeguard democracy and serve justice to all without fear or favour.

The statement reads in part: “As active contributors to the transparent processes that produced President Bola Tinubu as the candidate of our great party and the colourful electioneering which had issue-based campaigns as its nucleus, as well as his electoral victory on February 25, 2023, we had no doubt in our mind that those challenging Tinubu’s mandate in court were only chasing shadows.

“We are indeed glad that the court did justice to the matter in the face of blackmail, propaganda and threat of harassment.

“While we are using this opportunity to congratulate our dear leader, President Bola Tinubu, and the leadership of our great Party on this hard won victory yet again, we urge Mr President to forge ahead in his efforts aimed at uniting Nigeria and also reposition the country to reclaim its pride of place in the global community,” the Oyo APC stated.

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Sadare observed that the Tinubu-led administration could not afford to lose focus on the mission to fix all the key sectors of the economy, power, security, health, agriculture, and ICT, among others.

He therefore called on all patriots, including members of the opposition, to join hands with President Tinubu to move the nation forward.

Tribunal victory for National Assembly members

In a similar development, the Oyo APC congratulated its National Assembly members who have had their electoral victory upheld by various tribunals.

“It is a thing of joy that the mandates given Sen. Abdulfatai Buhari and Sen. Sarafadeen Alli, as well as Hon. Akin Alabi, Hon. Olaide Akinremi, Hon. Akeem Adeyemi and Hon. Lateef Muhammeda, by the good people of their Senatorial districts and constituencies respectively have been affirmed by the courts as this is an eloquent testimony that the judiciary remains the last hope of the common man,” the Oyo APC concluded.

Emmanuel Ukoh