PRESS STATEMENT:
On Saturday March 28 and Saturday April 25, 2015, the people
of Delta Central Senatorial District gave me their mandate to represent them in
the Senate.
Despite the antics and desperation of the opposition
parties in the twice conducted senatorial election, the people of Delta Central
with determination gave their votes to me, the PDP candidate in the election
because of their confidence in me to offer them the needed representation in
the Senate for the advancement of the Urhobo nation.
My victory in the twice conducted senatorial election
was affirmed by the Election Petition Tribunal which sat in Asaba the capital
city of Delta State in two separate judgments against the opposition parties,
the All Progressive Congress APC and the Labour Party LP in the tribunal.
The Appeal Court sitting in Benin-city, Edo State on
Monday December 14, 2015 further affirmed my victory by dismissing in its
entirety the appeal brought against me by the APC candidate in the senatorial
election.
Regrettably however, same Appeal Court five days after
reversed itself when it ruled in favour of the LP candidate in the election by
upholding all the prayers in his petition.
Without equivocation, I wish to state that the
judgment of Saturday 18th December, 2015 marked a twist in the political
history of the Urhobo nation. Going by what transpired at the court that day in
all sense of purpose amounted to judicial rascality, judicial somersault and
judicial award in favour of an obvious loser who came a distant second. Truly
the judgment is a miscarriage of justice.
The judgment which was delivered in about 2 minutes
and delayed for more than two hours, with six other cases pending for
determination by same Appeal court points to the Biblical inscription of the:
Voice of Jacob but, the hands of Esau.
The judge, who perhaps delivered the fastest judgment
in the judicial history of Nigeria, had declined to read the judgment on the
excuse that the other two members of the Appeal panel queried him why he alone
delivered the previous judgment which went in my favour against the APC
candidate.
The same judge two hours later made a U-turn by
delivering the judgment in the absence of the other two members of the panel in
a scenario that appears as though he was acting on orders from ‘Power from
above’.
The judgment no doubt is a major setback to our
collective will to right some of the wrongs bedeviling the Urhobo nation and
forge a common front in the determination to advance the socioeconomic
development of the Urhobo nation. It has once again denied the Urhobo nation
the needed representation and leadership in the Senate at this crucial stage of
our nationhood.
I deeply appreciate the countless visits/phone calls
and text messages from far and near in show of solidarity and condemnation
against the Appeal Court ruling that has further put a taint in the nation’s
judiciary.
As a law abiding citizen, I wish to sincerely appeal
for calm particularly from Nigerians, Deltans and particularly my Urhobo
brothers and sisters over the outcome of the Appeal court judgment. ALL HOPES
ARE NOT LOST AT ALL. Continue to have faith in me and together we shall
overcome this temporary setback. Wishing you all a merry Christmas and a
prosperous new year!
Signed
Senator Ighoyota Amori (JP)
God bless Senator Ighoyota Amori
God bless Delta Central
God bless Delta State
God bless Nigeria
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