THE Chairman, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Oyo State, Alhaji Kunmi Mustapha, has congratulated the candidate of the party in the 2019 gubernatorial election and Governor of Oyo State, Engr Seyi Makinde, for his resounding victory at the election petition tribunal.
Mustapha in a statement signed by the party’s Publicity Secretary in the State, Akeem Olatunji, said that the judiciary should be commended for upholding the wishes of the people as demonstrated by the pattern of voting in the last gubernatorial election by declaring Engineer Seyi Makinde as the winner.
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According to the party, “the Oyo State Gubernatorial election petition tribunal, by its landmark ruling, had helped to restore hope to Nigerians that judgment is not for sale.”
Mustapha praised the sound and high ethical spirit of the judges for “putting honesty, justice and fear of God above any other considerations to carry out their professional callings.”
In the same vein, the State Secretary of PDP, Alhaji Wasiu Adeleke, commended members of the bench for been firm despite attempted rampage to destroy the judiciary which he said had reinforced the hope of average Nigerians that men and women of integrity abound in the judiciary.