Makinde hails tribunal judgement
Oyo State Governor, Mr Seyi Makinde, has described his victory at the Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal as the triumph of truth over falsehood.
The governor stated this in a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Taiwo Adisa, on Monday, in Ibadan.
Makinde was reacting to the tribunal judgment that gave him victory in a petition instituted against him by Mr Adebayo Adelabu, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the March 9 governorship election.
He said that he did not expect anything less from the Tribunal ”because truth is always constant.”
He said: “We want to thank the people of Oyo state who have stood behind us before, during and after the election.
“We have remained focused on the task the people of the state committed into our hands and we are pushing on with our agenda for Oyo state.
“What I will say to the APC members is that they should let us forget politics for now; let us all work together for the good of the people of Oyo state.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the tribunal, sitting in Ibadan, had, on Monday, upheld the election of Makinde as the governor of Oyo state.
Adelabu and his party APC had challenged the declaration of Makinde as the winner of the election by INEC, having polled a total of 515,621 votes as against Adelabu’s 357,982 votes.
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