We reported it few hours ago
that the Supreme Court sitting today in the federal capita, Abuja,
affirmed the election of Yahaya Bello as the executive Governor of Kogi
State.
In a unanimous judgement delivered in Abuja on Tuesday, the court
dismissed the claim of James Faleke that he was the rightful candidate
for the position.
In an official statement by Duro Meseko, the deputy governorship
candidate in the November 21, 2015 election in Kogi State, James Faleke,
has reacted to the judgement of the Supreme Court upholding the
election of Yahaya Bello as governor of the state.
Faleke said it would have amounted to a “betrayal of the sacred
trust of the people who reposed implicit confidence in the Audu/Faleke
ticket not to have defended the sanctity of their vote up till the Apex
court level”.
“We have heard the judgement handed
down by the Supreme Court jurists upholding Yahaya Bello as governor. We
shall wait for the full text of the judgement to know why they came to
that conclusion.
“But let it be stated here that we have no regrets challenging
the declaration of our election as inconclusive by the Independent
National Electoral Commission (INEC). What we did was to defend the
votes cast for Audu/Faleke by the over 240,000 electorates on November
21, 2015.
“The people voted for us as candidates not APC because they
believe in the kind of leadership we offer to provide for them during
our campaigns. It would therefore amount to crass betrayal of the trust
of these electorates not to have defended their votes till the end,” he was quoted as saying.
Mr. Faleke said as a member of the House of Representatives, he would be glad to read details of the judgement so as to “know which areas of our nation’s jurisprudence require urgent review.”
He urged all his supporters to remain calm, peaceful and law abiding and thanked them for their support.
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