IBADAN — Oyo State Governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde has reacted to his victory at the Supreme Court of Nigeria.
The apex court had on Wednesday affirmed Makinde as winner of the Oyo state 2019 governorship election.
This brings to an end, the legal tussle between Makinde of the Peoples Democratic Party and the All Progressives Congress party.
Reacting in a statement sent to Igbere TV by Dr Wasiu Olatubosun, Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, the governor dedicated his victory to the people of Oyo state.
He thanked market men, women, artisans, civil servants and different pressure groups for standing with the Governor.
According to the statement, “the unanimous judgement of the apex court has justified the real intent of the teeming people of the State in redefining their fates by voting a virtuous humanist in Governor Makinde.
“From what is obtainable at present, it is abundant clear to the inhabitants of the State that there could be a true people-oriented government through which the myriad of people yearnings can be met without inflicting hardship on the common people”.
The government, therefore, enjoined the people to “heighten their commitments in ensuring the success of the ruling government and having many more of populist programmes toward cushioning the social and economic agonies afflicted on them by the last administration of APC.”
