The youth wing of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has known as on all of the political stakeholders in Enugu State to shut ranks and work for the unity and growth of the state.
The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation stated this in response to the Friday judgement of the Supreme Courtroom which affirmed Governor Peter Mbah’s victory.
In an announcement made obtainable to journalists on Sunday, the Nationwide President of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide, Mazi Okwu Nnabuike stated the group was pained that the authorized tussle over the Enugu guber election lingered for a number of months, with tens of millions of naira spent on litigation.
Okwu recalled that the Ohanaeze youths had begged the Labour Get together governorship candidate, Barr Chijioke Edeoga to not drag Mbah to court docket, including that “when Governor Mbah recorded victories in each the Tribunal and on the Attraction Courtroom, we additionally urged him to not push the matter additional.
“We made the plea contemplating the sum of money concerned in litigation in Nigeria and its attendant distractions to the federal government in energy.
“Nonetheless, now that the LP candidate has exhausted all his authorized rights, we urge him to simply accept the palms of fellowship prolonged to him by the governor.
“This isn’t the primary time the governor is inviting him and certainly different members of the opposition to hitch him in transferring the state ahead; we consider that this certainly the time for him to heed that clarion name for the general curiosity of the state.
“Everybody can’t be governor on the identical time; what issues now could be the progress and growth of Enugu; it needs to be of paramount significance to any lover of the state.”
The Ohanaeze youth president urged the governor to totally focus on delivering good dividends to the folks of Enugu State “now that each impediment and distractions have been eliminated.”
“The folks of Enugu State are desirous of excellent governance and we’ve little question within the capability of Governor Peter Mbah to carry out past the expectations of the residents,” he additional said.