By Miriam Humbe
The Action Alliance has commended the Edo State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal over the outright dismissal of the ‘frivolous’ Petition by Adekunle Rufai Omoaje challenging the election of Gov. okphebolo of Edo State.
National Chairman of the party, Chief Kenneth Udeze told Humsimedia that neither the Action Alliance nor its Governorship candidate in Edo State filed any Election Petition challenging the emergence of Governor Sunday Okpehbolo.
The Action Alliance stated further that the dismissed Petition was a gold-diggging attempt by some faceless individuals led by one Adekunle Omoaje, who was not the candidate of the party to bring the name of the party to disrepute.
The AA National Chairman said: “At no time did Action Alliance or its Governorship candidate in Edo State file any Petition challenging the outcome of the election.
“The party is really taken aback by the report in the media. Let it be known to all that the said Adekunle Omoaje filed the worthless petition for himself and for his personal gold-digging mission and felt that dragging the name of Action Alliance into it would give him a leverage.
“Happily, he failed in his extortionist mission”.
The National Chairman of the Action Alliance, Chief Kenneth Udeze congratulated Gov Okpohbolo over the victory and urged the public to disregard the said Petition by one Adekunle Omoaje, whom he described as a mere gold-digger and unknown to the party.
The party further noted that the judgment had taught Omoaje and his wishful followers that the judiciary remained the true conscience of the society and does not tolerate frivolity in the name of politics.
Action Alliance also congratulated Prof. Yakubu Mahmoud stating that the dismissal of the vexatious Petition by Omoaje was a clear testament of improvement in the electoral process and a vindication of Prof. Mahmoud as an unbiased umpire.
