Oyebanji Congratulates Tinubu, Nigerians on Presidential Tribunal Victory

The Governor of Ekiti State, Mr. Biodun Oyebanji, has congratulated President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on his victory at the Presidential Election Petition Court which upheld his February 25 election.

Governor Oyebanji, in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media, Yinka Oyebode, described the judgement as solid and detailed and “a judicial sustenance of the mandate given to president Tinubu at the poll.

The Governor also hailed the judiciary for upholding the truth, stressing that the judicial affirmation of President Tinubu’s election has confirmed the choice of the majority of Nigerians who elected the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential flag bearer as President of the country.

He noted that the Tribunal verdict has laid every doubt on the validity and authenticity of the presidential result declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to rest and served as a proof that democracy and the rule of law are becoming firmly rooted in Nigeria.

Oyebanji, who sat through the period of the judgement in Abuja, hailed the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal for patiently and painstakingly looking into evidences provided by parties to the suit, before arriving at the verdict.

He praised the judges for their hard work, industry, perseverance and for acting as impartial arbiters who only arrived at their final decision based on the quantum of evidence before them and did justice to the petitions before them.