just concluded election in Abia, Dr Alex Otti has rejected the
governorship result announced by the Independent National Electoral
Commission, INEC, describing it as a rape on democracy. He made this
rejection while addressing the press in his Campaign Office along Bank
road Umuahia, Abia state capital.
He called on the people of Abia , whom he said that the result has
thrown into mourning to mourn no more, adding that weeping may endure
for a night, but joy comes in the morning. He advised Abians not to
resort to brigandage, thuggery, or do the wrong thing as he believes
that two wrongs can make a right. "I am calling on my people to remain
calm and steadfast, they should ensure that they maintain the peace,
the election has come , but is has not gone, the battle has just
started", Otti asserted.
He assured Abians that he will stop at nothing in ensuring that the
mandate they have freely given to him , "not as an individual, but as
agent of change, will never be stolen, adding that "evil can never
triumph over good. And if it seems that it is triumphing, it is only
momentry because good must prevail", Otti stated.
" We are going to challenge this charade at the tribunal, and we are
very confident that with the wind of change in the entire country,
that Change will not be obstructed in Abia state.
We are standing on the part of justice because in this whole process,
we have remained on the part of truth and refused to be lured into
anything wrong and because we are standing on the part of justice, we
must get justice. I know a lot of my supporters in Abia state are
angry, if you go round the state today, it is like a dark cloud
covering the whole state. There may be pockets of rejoicing, but those
are pockets. Ninety percent of Abians are mourning.
They are morning , not because somebody died, but because their will
had been truncated, the mandate they had freely given, seem to have
been stolen", Otti said.
He called on Abians to remain prayerful because with God , all things
are possible. "We are going to be victorious and our people will be
liberated. I thank my people for coming out to express their wishes
and I am assuring them that those wishes must be fulfilled, Otti said.
He said further that he thank God forgivinghim the opportunity to know
the level of rot in the state called Abia state, adding, "In addition
to liberating Abia people, I have also added one more thing in my
laundering lists of things to do in Abia state, as eradicating the rot
that is in this state. He explained that Abia people came out en mass
on the two occasions to perform their civic responsibilities of
electing their leader and their leaders.
"You have spoken with one voice, came out to say that you want a
change which you demonstrated in your massive votes to us , but
unfortunately, those who have held the state down, those who have put
the state in the darkness that it has found itself today resorted to
their usual tactics of truncating the will of the people .The reality
is that you can fool some people sometimes, but you can not fool all
the people all the time", Otti said.
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