SUPREME COURT VICTORY: NWIFURU PROMISES FOCUSED GOVERNANCE

REPORTER: AMECHI ODO

Governor Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi State says his administration is now more focused to deliver dividends of democracy to the people.

The Governor stated this in a statement while reacting to the judgment of the Supreme Court which upheld his election.

The statement noted that equity, justice and fairness had prevailed and described the judgment as historic in the state.

“It is a day when light overtook darkness, it is a day we are victorious over the Supreme Court Judgment that finally upheld the populist mandate freely given to us by you.

“The judgment, which was delivered by the erudite judges has finally nailed the protracted legal battle challenging the sincerity of purpose, courage of conviction, equity, fairness and justice —the fulcrum that our coming to power hinged.

“It is a win for all of us who vehemently opposed the mercantilist politics that nearly serrated our shared vision as a people. And so, I congratulate you,” the statement read.

Governor Nwifuru, in the statement, thanked the people of the state for their solidarity, pointing out that the People’s Charter of Needs, which he said integrated the urgent needs of the people would have been truncated if not for their supplications to God for the judiciary to defend democratic ethos.

According to the statement, the judgment calls for celebration because it has brought to an end, attempt to truncate the wishes of the people.

It commended the country’s judiciary for their sincerity and unbiased stance in the dispensation of justice.

Governor Nwifuru assured that he would remain magnanimous in his resolve to carry everybody along irrespective of party affiliations.

The statement enjoined his opponents to join hands with him in his administration’s drive to build a more virile state.

EDITED BY CHUKWUBUIKE MADU