Okowa Offers Ogboru Work

Ifeanyi Okowa has passed a message to his two-time election opponent, Great Ogboru, offering him to come and work with him for the good of the people of Delta State.

Speaking on Wednesday evening at a thanksgiving service held at the Government House Chaplaincy, Asaba, to celebrate the Supreme Court verdict that confirmed his election as governor of Delta State, he said:

“I want to thank Deltans for all your prayers and support and as we move forward, it is time to work for the good of the state.

“I cannot do it alone; as a government, we require the cooperation of all; it is time for us to partner together; it is time to forget the bitterness.”

In his special message to Ogboru, he said:

“I will use this opportunity to call on my opponent, Chief Great Ogboru of All Progressives Congress (APC) for him to realise that it is time for him to work together with the state government to build our state.

”I believe that truly everyone can make his contributions and impact whether he is in office or not as it is truly time for us to be united.”

Okowa said that working together would be in the best interest of the state, adding that sustained continue are needed for God’s strength to move the state forward.

“God took us through the elections, through the tribunal, Appeal Court and now the Supreme Court and in each of the victories, we have always returned thanks to God because He alone has made it possible.

”We trusted in God and he has seen us through and today we have victory.

“This victory is dedicated to God because God willed it to be, to settle the state and to ensure that there is peace to bring oneness among us because without peace and without oneness we cannot move forward as a people.”

The Chaplain of Government House Chaplaincy, Ven. Charles Osemenem, in his sermon, said that God works in miraculous ways.

He added that “many a time when you see results, you forget that there was a battle over which God gave you victory; we thank God because this victory is a sign of what he will do in Delta state”.

The Supreme Court had earlier reaffirmed the March 9, 2019, election victory of Okowa.

In a unanimous judgment delivered by Justice Centus Nweze, the court held that the appellant, Mr Great Ogboru of APC failed to prove his allegations of over-voting at the polls.

The judgment which was concurred to by six other justices of the court, held that the appeal lacked merit and that the court was putting a final nail on the appealant’s forensic Golgotha.

Nweze said that the appeal was a waste of the precious time of the apex court.

He noted that majority of the documents tendered by the appellants were based on hearsay, adding that the petition is a sheer waste of the genuine time of the court.

“There are plethora of decisions of this court on the position of card readers and they are too numerous to begin to mention them or for the appellant to claim they are not in the know.

“The appeal was against the valid election of Okowa and it is hereby dismissed for lack of merit,” he declared.

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