The Court of Appeal in Ibadan today declared that Rauf Aregbesola of the Action Congress of Nigeria,ACN  is the validly elected governor of Osun State.In effect Olagunsoye Oyinlola of the PDP has been sacked  from office. 

Aregbesola’s rise to power has been a long-drawn battle and one of the highly contested governorship battles since the 2007 general elections.With his emergence, the ACN controlled states now has risen to four namely Lagos,Edo ,Ekiti and Osun.Ondo state is controlled by the Labour Party,another wing of the new progressive movement in the South West. The judiciary has consistently ruled in favour of the ACN especially in the South West ,thus ensuring that at last the votes of the people count albeit belatedly.

The victory of Aregbesola is already eliciting  reactions .Dr. Olapade Agoro (Aladura Patriarch) National Chairman/Presidential Candidate National Action Council (NAC)   said the ruling is ``good for the  rule of law in a democracy but just too bad for political thieves holding on to power against the wish and mandate of the people.’’

Read the full text of  Agoro’s reaction:

AREGBESOLA ‘S VICTORY GOOD BUT A CHALLENGE TO RULE OF FORCE IN A DEMOCRACY

The final laying to rest of the Osun State governorship 2007 election debacle almost four years after  it was held could be rightly described good for the  rule of law in a democracy but just too bad for political thieves holding on to power against the wish and mandate of the people.

But for resilience, determination, courage and financial high capacity there was no way Aregbesola could have ever claimed his mandate.It was real victory for the spirit of struggle for Aregbesola who saw hell in the hands of PDP, the enemies of truth and righteousness.

The most painful aspect of the whole scenario is the law of the land allowing Olagunsoye Oyinlola, Segun Oni, et al to stay wrongly in power with stolen mandates and get away scorch free without getting punished for the crimes against  humanity committed.

There lies justice challenging commonsense and allowing big thieves to get away the with loot, whilst petty thieves get heavily punished for simple and pardonable offences.

With the 2011 election still some time far away the need for the NASS to quickly revisit this anomaly in a democracy becomes imperative to avert imminent crisis in expectation

Dr. Olapade Agoro (Aladura Patriarch)

National Chairman/Presidential Candidate

National Action Council (NAC)   

 Comments

Uche Maduemesi :Thank God that at last it appears God has opened the register of Nigeria. This is
just the beginning. PDP has never won any elections, all INEC has been feeding us were the opposite figures. My worry has always been that God is always slow to anger. Justice takes a lot of time to come. Is it possible for the Okuku High Chief to refund all he had swallowed with the stolen mandate. The EFCC should move in and arrest him as he has a catalogue of fraud cases.