The governorship candidate of the Action Alliance Party (AA) in the 2023 governorship election in Kogi State, Olayinka Braimo has reacted to the Supreme Court pronouncement, upholding the positions of the lower courts (Tribunal and Appeal), which ruled in favour of Ahmed Ododo of the APC as the winner of the November 11, 2023 election.
Reacting to the Supreme Court judgement on Saturday, Braimoh in a statement by Mr. Musa Olumayowa Yakubu, the Media Head of Olayinka Braimoh Campaign Organization said they disagree with the Supreme Court judges conclusion on the governorship election.
The statement read in part, “We received the news of the Supreme Court judgement today. Even though we accept, we do not agree with the judgement because we realise that we have a system that rewards bad behaviour.
“Well, the governor’s office is tenured while the poverty in the land is alarming, and I can as well say that, please, keep hope alive because the poverty is also tenured.
“Implementation of our wealth creation agenda will soon start, and we shall keep on supporting businesses and individuals as we have been doing to kick out poverty away from our land.
“Let’s be focused, believing that sooner, we shall get out of this self-inflicted poverty. Thank you for the overwhelming support during the elections and throughout the period of the legal battle. I am honoured.
“Otunba Olayinka Braimoh came out for the first time to contest the governorship seat under the Action Alliance Party (AA), and he campaigned vigorously with a wide grassroots mobilisation that touched all the political wards and units in the state.
“Going by the announcement of INEC, which declared Usman Ododo of APC the winner, Braimoh approached the Tribunal, Appeal, and finally the Supreme Court, challenging the electoral process, which had been widely reported to have been manipulated such that the level of overvoting across the state was unprecedented.
“Braimoh has given this a good fight, and posterity will forever reward him for his good intentions for the state that has been ravaged by unnecessary poverty.”
