EDO : ACTION ALLIANCE NOT CHALLENGING OBASEKI’S VICTORY- NATIONAL CHAIRMAN
The National Chairman of the Action Alliance (AA), Hon Rufai Adekunle
Omoaje has declared that the party was not aware of any case filed
before the Edo State Election Petitions tribunal, saying that the suit
was filed by an impostor.
One Ukonga Frank Onaivi who claimed to be a member of the AA had filed a case before the tribunal, seeking cancellation of the election that produced Governor Godwin Obaseki.
But Omoaje, while reacting to the development, said Onaivi was not the
governorship candidate of the AA in the last Edo State governorship
election, hence he lacks the power to institute any case on behalf of
the party.
He said Mr Godwin Edemakhiota Oasimiamia who was the governorship candidate of the party in the election had already congratulated Mr
Obaseki on his victory.
He added that the leadership of the AA at both the state and national
levels had also congratulated the Governor, stressing that “how come a
party that had congratulated the winner would also challenge the
winner. This shows that we are not aware of the litigation.”
According to him “the said litigant is an impostor and not one of us
in the AA. It’s only the governorship candidate of the party that can
challenge the result of an election. Onaivi who instituted the case at
the tribunal lacks the power to do us. He did not represent the party
and we don’t know him. So, the public should consider him an impostor
who has a hidden agenda.”
Omoaje informed that the National Executive Committee of the party has
taken legal action against Onaivi, adding that the party is solidly in
support of Governor Obaseki.
“We in the Action Alliance are ready to support the government of
Governor Obaseki. The Governor is a very humble person who consulted
us and sought for our support while contesting. We are ready to
support him in any area he needs the support of the party. We are not
challenging his victory at the tribunal,” he added.
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