Ebonyi Gov. Says Supreme Court Verdict Is Reason for Celebration

Following Friday’s Supreme Court ruling, Francis Nwifuru, the governor of Ebonyi State, declared that he was better focused and prepared to give the people of the state the benefits of democracy.

The governor claimed that if the supreme court had made a different decision, the desires of the state’s citizens would have been curtailed.

The governor said this while reacting to the judgment in a statement made available to journalists by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Monday Uzor, on Friday.

He said, “Today is a historic day in our dear state. It is a day when light overtook darkness, it is a day we are victorious over the Supreme Court judgment that finally upheld the populist mandate freely given to us by you.

” The judgment which was delivered by the erudite judges has finally nailed the protracted legal battle challenging the sincerity of purpose, courage of conviction, equity, fairness and justice- the fulcrum that our coming to power hinged.

“It is a win for all of us who vehemently opposed the mercantilist politics that nearly serrated our shared vision as a people. And so , I congratulate you.

“The People’s Charter of Needs which integrates the urgent needs of our people would have been truncated if not for your fervency in supplications to God Almighty for the judiciary to defend democratic ethos.

“The judgment calls for not only jubilation but celebration because it has brought to an end attempt to truncate the wishes of the people.

Now that we have withstood their legal assaults, we are more than conquerors, full of energy to carry out the mandate you freely granted.

“We are certain that division against our common ancestry and shared norms will never again rear its ugly head.”