By Chesa Chesa
Lagos State Governor says Thursday’s Supreme Court judgement that affirmed President Bola Tinubu’s victory, is historic and demonstrates the beauty of democracy.
He told journalists after his congratulatory visit to the President that “it’s a beauty of the power of inclusiveness in governance where every body would have an opportunity to express themselves at the highest level.
“And as a people that is run and governed by a constitution, we all need to abide by this constitution. The highest judicial body in our country has expressed themselves very clearly, there were no dissenting voices. Seven of them (Justices) that were on the same page.
“That tells us that whatever might have been the differences let us put it behind us, it is a victory for all. I am sure the President must have alluded to that ,what we need to now have is clear governance.”
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, in his reaction, said congratulations were in order for all Nigerians, the electoral umpire and even the opposition parties.
His words: “Let me use this opportunity to congratulate Mr President, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, but more importantly, let me congratulate all Nigerians, both at home and in the Diaspora. At the same time I congratulate even the opposition political parties.
“This decision of today of the erudite jurists has further enriched our jurisprudence and it is crystal clear to all Nigerians that our President won this election free and fair.
“I also congratulate INEC for a job well done, it couldn’t have been better than this at this time, even though there are areas of improvement. But I congratulate them for taking their time painstakingly to do a good job that has affirmed today by the highest court in the land.
“I congratulate all of us and like I admonished earlier, the opposition should just sheath their sword, support the government of the day.
“If Mr President succeeds, it is Nigerians that succeed and we are praying and working hard that Mr President should succeed because when a leader succeeds, it touches on all the followers.”
Equally hailing the judgement was Governor of Ogun State, Dapo Abiodun, who was at the Supreme Court for the verdict and thereafter visited Tinubu with he good news.
“The Supreme Court, the final court, that is the bastion of hope for the common man, today affirmed the ruling of the Appeal Court and that puts to rest all the shenanigans and all the rumours and all the different stories and speculations in the media.
“I want to thank the almighty God first for this ruling and for further validating President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s victory. I want to thank the judiciary particularly for upholding the rule of law because what they did today was being observed worldwide and it speaks to the fact that in Nigeria we’re guided by the rule of law and that the Supreme Court is a Supreme Court that compares to any Supreme Court anywhere in the world.
“They’ve dispensed with this case, they’ve done so in line with global best practices and there’s no doubt left in anybody’s mind that there’s now a closure.
“Our opponents can now go to sleep or they can now congratulate our President and if they actually did mean well for our country, you aspired to an office with the belief that you can offer the country the representation that it deserves, but it must not be a do-or-die.
“If that opportunity does not present itself for you now and the courts and people have chosen who they want, if you really do mean well for the country, what you need to do is congratulate that person, join hands with that person to ensure that what you want to do is achieved, that the common man gets the best of governance”, he said.
