By Akpomedewaro Ike
Me and You for Agege, a political pressure group of the All Progressive Congress, has declared that the Delta State APC governorship candidate in the 2023 General Election, His Excellency, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege CFR, would be victorious at the appellate court.
The organization made this known through a statement that was signed by its National Coordinator and Director General namely; Comrade Oyesi Pedro and Comrade Akpobome Rufus Ibebe respectively.
In the statement, the organization stated that they have a firm confidence that the appellate court would set aside the judgement of the Governorship Election Tribunal that was delivered in Asaba on the 29th of August 2023 and grant the prayers of Senator Ovie Omo-Agege.
The organization mentioned that they strongly believe Sen. Ovie Omo-Agege words that; “Let it be said with every sense of conviction and responsibility that in reaching its judgment, the Tribunal in Asaba, in our respectful view, failed to avert its mind to the intendment of the plethora of unambiguous innovations now contained in the Electoral Act, 2022.
In relation to the instant petition, these are most particularly evident in sections 137 and 73(2) and paragraph 46(4) [First Schedule) of the Act mandating the Tribunal on how to properly handle the required evidence duly placed before it by the petitioners in proof of the petition and corroborated by INEC itself.
“We hold the reasoned view that if the Tribunal dutifully attended to the unassailable evidence in support of ALL the polling unit results and every other relevant electoral document duly tendered before it using our present electoral jurisprudence and benchmarks already set by the Supreme Court as its compass, today’s outcome would have been clearly in our favour.”
The group stated further that, they are pleased Senator Omo-Agege has directed his legal team to appeal the judgement as it is the rightful thing to be done.
Part of the statement reads, “as a group that is made up of law abiding citizens, we have yielded to the call made by our leader, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege for, his people to remain calm and law-abiding. We encourage others to follow suit”.
The group said they are encouraged by the words of their principal when he said, “We came into this race to rescue our beloved Delta State knowing that it will not be a smooth sail. So, keep hope alive. With God, we shall get to our destination under His abiding grace.”
“We would continually offer prayers and other needed support for the attainment of EDGE to BAND as we have firm belief in it” the group declared.
Comrade Akpomedawaro Ike
National Publicity Secretary,
Me And You For Agege.
