The Ondo State Governor,
Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has said there is no cause for alarm over the supreme
Court ruling which dismissed the appeal filed by him.
The Supreme Court on Friday
dismissed an appeal by Akeredolu for lack of merit with a fine of N500, 000
awarded against the Governor.
Governor Akeredolu had, by the
appeal, challenged a July 2017 judgment of the Court of Appeal, Abuja, which
upheld an order by a Federal High Court in Abuja, granting permission to the
first runner up in the September 3rd, 2016 governorship primary election of APC
in the state, Olusegun Abraham to serve Akeredolu through substituted means.
But, Akeredolu in a statement
signed by his Chief Press Secretary (CPS) Segun Ajiboye described the ruling as
a non-issue.
The governor asked the peace
loving people to dismiss the ruling, adding that it is nothing to worry about.
He advised them to continue to
support his administration in its determination to develop the state.
“What the Supreme court ruled on
was whether the service of the Originating Process on the APC secretariat in
Abuja, instead of Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, was right or not
“At best, the ruling only
succeeded in correcting Abraham to serve Akeredolu through substituted means in
relation to the suit he (Abraham) filed.
“Governor Akeredolu, therefore,
wants to state equivocally that there is no cause for alarm over the ruling
delivered by the Supreme Court. ”
However, the Abraham Support
Group (ASG) has asked Governor Akeredolu to toe the path of honor and
voluntarily resign from office before he would be shown the way out by the
court.
The Director General of the ASG,
Kunle Eko Davies in a statement described the Supreme Court ruling as a Victor
for democracy.
The statement reads ” The
Olusegun Abraham campaign organization receive the Supreme Court judgement on
23rd March 2018 with utmost respect for judiciary in Nigeria
” The judgement which is
celebrated all over the world is a victory for democracy
“We urge the people of ondo state
to remain calm, collected and continue to hope in God through the judiciary for
the expected judgement in the case between Dr Olusegun Abraham and Mr Rotimi
Akeredolu to determine the authentic flag bearer of the Apc in the 2017 Ondo
governorship election
“We also want to correct the
falsehood being peddled by the Akeredolu organization that there is no case in
the matter
“The judgement by Supreme Court
today shows that we have a good case and the frivolous attitude of Mr.
Akeredolu and his cohorts
“Mr Rotimi Akeredolu should toe
the line of the noble and resign honourably before he is disgraced out of
office. The perpetrated fraud that attended the party governorship primary is
open and fresh in the memory of all and sundry
“Once again we felicitate with
the good people of ondo state and lovers of truth all over the world in an
assured Victory through the court.”
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