Stop pursuing shadows; Tenebe tells ADP, others


By DADA AYOKHAI
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State, Hon. Henry Duke Tenebe has advised Action Democratic Party (ADP) and other political parties  in the State to  braced up with the reality on ground and stop pursuing shadows which can lead  to self destruction.

Hon. Henry Duke Tenebe's statement is connected to the Court of Appeal judgement that upheld the ruling of the Edo State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal against the Action Democratic Party (ADP), reaffirming the victory of Governor Godwin Obaseki at the 2020 gubernatorial election.

The PDP chieftain in a statement, said that  the ADP  along with their collaborators are much aware that Governor Godwin  Obaseki won the September 19 Edo State Governorship Election on a popular mandate freely given by the Edo people  which they hold sacrosanct.

The Obaseki judicial victory comes barely two months after the Elections Petitions Tribunal struck out the petition by the ADP and its governorship candidate, Iboi Emmanuel's challenging the outcome of the September 19, 2020 governorship election, which returned Godwin Obaseki of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as governor of Edo State.

 Tenebe, a former Edo North Senatorial Chairman and State Organizing Secretary of the Peoples Democratic party further said that the Obaseki mandate from the people across the state  is sacred hence cannot be toyed with by  political charlatans.

The PDP State Leader, however, appealed to those behind the curtain using the ADP as a decoy to join hands with Governor Obaseki in his agenda of making Edo great again rather than pursuing shadows which is deceptive.

The  Appeal Court Judgement further corroborate Tenebe's submission which said that "the inclusion of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its candidate, as respondents in the petition, was a ploy by the APC candidate to fight his case through another petitioner, describing it as a case of ‘squeezing the rock for water’."

Delivering the judgement in favour of the governor, the Presiding Justice, Hon. Justice M. A. Owoade dismissed the main appeal, the preliminary objection and the cross appeal and awarded cost.

He then congratulated  the Governor and his deputy on their well deserved victory at the Court of Appeal.

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