SENATE spokesman, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, has described the re-election of Edo State governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, as the wish of the people, stating that the Nigerian upper chamber was happy that the election reaffirmed the people’s will.
In a statement, on Sunday, Senator Abaribe said that respect for the will of the people remained the recipe for a sound and enduring democracy in the country.
He further stated that the Senate believed that success of the July 14 poll was a signal of better things to come and evidence that the true tenets of democracy were fast taking roots in Nigeria.
Senator Abaribe stated that the Senate was thrilled by the outcome of the election and its manifest reflection of respect for the sanctity of people’s will and their appreciation of outstanding performance of the governor.
The senator said: “The Senate is particularly happy over the peaceful conduct, massive turnout of the Edo voters, respect for their preference and the performance of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in ensuring fairness and transparency during the election.
“The Senate is happy that the victory of Governor Oshiomhole is a true testament that the electorate are ever alert and will ever recognise and reward good work.
“There is no doubt that respect for the will of the people, as exemplified in the Oshiomhole victory, remains the driving force of our country's democratic evolution.”
He, however, enjoined Governor Oshiomhole to be magnanimous in victory and to seek to unite all divergent interests in the state, while also doubling his effort at delivering democracy dividends to the people.
Oshiomhole’s re-election, triumph over evil forces - NLC
THE Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has said that the landslide victory recorded by the candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, at the just concluded governorship election in Edo State was not only a triumph of light over evil forces but a victory foretold.
The NLC made the submission in a press statement issued and signed by its president, Abdulwaheed Omar, a copy of which was made available to the Nigerian Tribune, on Sunday, adding that Oshiomhole, despite all odds, defeated his closest rival by clinching 75 per cent of the valid votes cast with 477,478.
The release, which noted that his closest rival, Major General Charles Airhiavbere (retd) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), only garnered 144,235 votes, said it was a signal to the money bags and their godfathers and all those who believed in buying their ways into office to loot the public treasury and consign the working people and Nigeria’s poor to eternal poverty and deprivation that the day of reckoning had come.
It added that it was a victory well deserved for the people of the state and a triumph of democracy.
Oshiomhole campaign organisation lauds Edo electorate
THE Oshiomhole Campaign Organisation, on Monday, lauded Edo people over re-election of Governor Adams Oshiomhole, saying they had demonstrated very peculiar courage and determination that election was not about money contrary to claim that “money plays significant role in election in this part of the world.”
The campaign organisation also said the voters had shown that integrity and honesty of purpose were essential attributes that money could not buy, even as it declared that the re-election of Oshiomhole had put paid to ethnic and divisive politics in the state and “stamped the moral authority of the people as the authentic deciders of political power.”
The organisation said this in a statement signed by its director of media and publicity, Prince Kassim Afegbua and made available to the Nigerian Tribune.
The campaign organisation, while expressing its appreciation to Edo electorate in general and other stakeholders, particularly the traditional institution led by Omo N’oba Ereduawa, said it was sacrifice made in the face of outright threat and intimidation to ensure that the will of the people was freely expressed at the polls.
According to the body, the poll that witnessed the victory of Oshiomhole “has been such a soul refreshing exercise and the outcome has once again reaffirmed Edo State as the real heartbeat of the nation.
“It has opened new vista in electioneering campaigns and outcome. It has doggedly registered the mantra of one man, one vote as the key symbol of representative democracy.”
Finally, the Oshiomhole Campaign Organisation paid tribute to candidates of other parties, including General Charles Airhiavbere (retd) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for their acceptance of the outcome of the election as a true reflection of the wishes and aspirations of the people.
Gov Orji congratulates Oshiomhole •Mukhtar, M. D. Abubarkar, too
ABIA State governor, Chief Theodore Orji, has congratulated comrade Adams Oshiomhole
of Edo State on his re-election.
In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Ugochukwu Emezue, Chief Orji said Oshiomhole’s re-election was a manifestation of the confidence his people reposed in him. He urged him not to disappoint them.
The governor also congratulated the new Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Justice Aloma Mukhtar, on her appointment.
Chief Orji said that she deserved it, having proved her worth in the judiciary over the years.
According to Chief Orji being the first female Chief Justice Nigeria of the country, he had no doubt she would do the nation proud.
He urged her to go the extra mile in taking the judiciary to higher heights.
Governor Orji also applauded the confirmation of M. D. Abubarkar as the Inspector General of Police.
He urged the police boss, whom he described as a hard working officer, to continue his fight against insecurity with greater zeal as all Nigerians are praying for him.
Oshiomhole’s victory proves Nigerians can redirect their destiny - Group
A pan-youth organisation in Nigeria, The Youth Arise for Nigeria (YAN), on Monday, stated that the landslide re-election victory of the Edo State governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, for another four years was an evidence that Nigerians could still redirect their destiny in the 2015 polls.
YAN, while commending the people of Edo State for their resolve at the poll last Saturday to usher in another four years of human and infrastructural development and prosperity in the state, hailed the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC, the Nigeria police and the army for ensuring that the election was peaceful.
YAN’s national coordinator, Oluwarotimi Macnobleson, in a statement by the group’s national publicity secretary, Liborous Oshoma, said the results of the Edo State governorship poll showed that the sovereignty was still with the people and that Nigerians couldn still change their own destiny come 2015 by kicking out the corrupt ruling Peoples Democratic Party.
Comrade Macnobleson said the Edo State election was a lesson to all public office holders that only the people have the power to reward good service and hard work and also confirm that the people were watching and ready to kick out all corrupt politicians in 2015.
While commiserating with the people of the state over those who lost their lives in Ologbo boat mishap, during the early hours of the election on Saturday, YAN called on Governor Oshiomhole not to see his second chance as a time of mere consolidation of projects.
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