The National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Lokoja on Monday 12.10.2015 at 3.40pm upheld the election of Senator (Dr.) Mohammed Salami Ohiare in the March 28 2015 Kogi Central Senatorial Elections. In a Unanimous Judgement read by the tribunal chairman Justice Akon Ikpeme, the tribunal dismissed Honorable Ahmed Ogembe’s petition challenging the return of Ohiare as the duly elected Senator for lack of merit.
Reacting to the Judgement, Senator Ohiare said: ‘’Once again, the Judiciary has proved beyond any reasonable doubts that it is truly independent, and has remained the last hope of the common man in this country. The Judiciary has reaffirmed that the good people of Kogi Central freely and overwhelmingly voted for me and my great party APC, and no one can steal that mandate through the back door”. He went down memory lane to the days when as a young civil servant in the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA), he was victimized and dismissed for being bold enough to expose his superiors of corrupt practices, he sought redress by suing the then Government and the Judiciary stood by him and reinstated him back to work – This was under a Military administration.
He went on to say: “I want to use this opportunity to thank my teeming supporters and numerous admirers for their steadfastness during the trial, and magnanimously call on my opponents to join hands with me to move our dear Senatorial district to the next positive level. May Allah continue to bless our dear Ebiraland and the entire Federation, and May He continue to strengthen our Judiciary with Courageous Men and Women that will resist all temptations and deliver justice to the common man”.
Signed:
Mohammed Sadiq (SA Media)
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