JUDGEMENT MAY HAVE BEEN DELIVERED BUT
JUSTICE IS ON THE WAY
The judgment of the Abia State Governorship Election
Petition Tribunal delivered in Umuahia Tuesday 3rd
November 2015 is nothing other than a travesty of
justice and rape of democracy in the state.
It is regrettable that the trial tribunal has again
scuttled the people’s hope and desire for positive
change, quality and credible governance in the state.
It is also unfortunate that the tribunal has unwittingly
acquiesced in the sinister conspiracy by the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) to silence and deny the
people the mandate, which they freely gave to me
and my party, the All Progressives Grand Alliance
(APGA) during the April general elections in the state.
It is obvious from the mournful reaction of the
common man on the streets of the major towns,
cities and villages of Abia state that today’s judgment
failed to deliver justice and certainly did not reflect
the wishes and aspirations of the people expressed
through the ballot. Therefore, it certainly cannot
stand.
The atmosphere of quietude that pervades the length
and breadth of the state, in the wake of the judgment
clearly demonstrates the feeling of a people
shortchanged by an incredible electoral process.
It is further compounded by the incomprehensible
affirmation by the tribunal’s judgment, which
legalized the broad-day ambush and robbery of the
peoples mandate by PDP.
I share in the agony, pain, disbelief and frustration of
our people. Nevertheless, I encourage our
supporters not to despair but to further gird their
loins. The battle has not ended.
We shall explore the next judicial window to seek
redress in order to ensure that justice is done and
that we recover our stolen mandate.
I urge you to be calm, peaceful and law abiding while
our legal team of erudite lawyers study the judgment
and initiate the next line of action.
We did not envisage that the struggle to liberate our
dear state from the stranglehold of the slave
masters, who have held down the state from growth
and development in the last 16 years, would be a tea
party.
We are committed and resolute and this warped
judgment cannot deter us or vitiate our
determination and commitment. Rather, it has only
strengthened our resolve to fight on until justice is
done.
The struggle is not about the person of Alex Otti but
about our state, our impoverished people, our future
and that of our future generation ~ ‪#‎Dr_Alex_Otti‬