A Canada-based Chartered Accountant, Behavioural Scientist and stalwart of the Edo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Goddy Francis Okoyo, has sent a congratulatory message to Edo State governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo, following his declaration as governor, by the Court of Appeal, Abuja.
Through a written statement made available to journalists in Benin, Okoyo also appealed to the governor, to rekindle his efforts at redeeming the state from the misgovernance and lawlessness of the past eight years, which he further said the governor had started to address, within a short time he was sworn into office.
He also hinted that there is nothing that would please Edo residents than solving the problems.
Okoyo, who is from Ugboha Ward of Esan South East Local Government Area (LGA) of the state and a former director of the Diaspora Committee of the APC’s council, that worked for the election of the governor in 2024, urged Governor Okpebholo to treat all Edo with fairness, as the court case about his election is reaching anti-climax.
“A man passes the true test of leadership, in the manner Senator Okpebholo was elected by the people and affirmed by the courts. Therefore, Dr. Asue Ighodalo knows that he had made some bold statement with his court case until the Appeal Court’s judgement, as he should know that actors quit the stage when ovation is going down”. Said Okoyo.
His statement also gave an olive branch to Dr. Ighodalo, candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and other opposition, who lost out in the election, to bury their perceived grievances and join Governor Okpebholo to serve the people, adding that it was for the benefit of the people they contested in the election.
It could be said that a-three-man panel of the Appeal Court, sitting in Abuja, again struck out a titanic election case filed by Ighodalo, against Senator Okpebholo, in affirmation of the first judgement by the lower court, which earlier declared him as the winner.
