Prolonged legal battle’ll deplete Taraba’s resources – Kefas begs NNPP to accept judgement
By Terna Chikpa, Jalingo
Taraba State Governor, Dr Agbu Kefas, has appealed to the opposition New Nigeria Peoples Party, to accept the state governorship election petition Tribunal judgement of Saturday, to save the state resources.
Our correspondent reports that a three-man panel of Justice had on Saturday dismissed the petition brought by NNPP and its governorship candidate, Professor Sani Yaya, for lack of merit, and affirmed that Kefas was the duly elected governor of Taraba state.
Kefas while reacting to the judgement on Sunday, appealed to the opposition party and its governorship candidate to accept the judgement in good faith and join him in the strive to develop Taraba state.
According to him, prolonged legal battle would only deplete the state’s resources that would have been channelled for the development of Taraba to improve the lives of the citizens.
“I wish to commend the judges for their dedication to the course of justice during the proceedings and their unwavering commitment to fairness, honesty and uprightness in strict accordance with the law. The judges’ conscience reaffirmed the strength of the democratic institution.
“I wish to state here that there are invaluable lessons to learn from the past, and i appealed to the opposition party and it’s governorship candidate Professor Sani Yaya to accept the judgement in good faith and join me in the strive to develop Taraba state.
“Prolonged legal battle would only deplete the state’s resources that would have been channel for the development of Taraba to improve the lives of the citizens,” the governor appealed.
Kefas also thanked religious and traditional rulers, as well as supporters and citizens of the state for standing by his administration with unwavering prayers and support.
