A member of the National Assembly, Senator Ifeanyi
Ubah (Anambra South), whose electoral victory was upheld on Tuesday by the Court
of Appeal in Enugu, has extended his hands of fellowship to his main political
rivals, Andy Uba and Chris Uba.
The duo of Andy Ubah of the All Progressives
Congress (APC) and his brother, Chris Uba of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP),
who contested the February 23 senatorial election against Ubah of Young People’s
Party (YPP) and lost, however, went to court to contest the result and finally
lost at the appellate court yesterday.
Reacting to his electoral victory, Senator Ubah,
while thanking God and his constituents for the electoral victory, declared
that with his legal victory, the onus is on him to invite the Uba brothers for the
task of moving Anambra South senatorial district forward.
According to the victorious Ubah, "I want to
extend my hands of friendship to the Uba brothers; I want them to join me so
that together, we can build a greater Anambra South senatorial district. I
believe that together we can do bigger things.
"I believe it is a case of ‘No Victor, No
Vanquish’. The most important thing is that I have a strong edge over the Uba
brothers in Anambra South senatorial district. I want them to join me so that
we would collectively give value to our people. We are in politics to give
value to our people. So, I'm extending my hands of fellowship to them."
He boasted that no politician can beat him in
Anambra South senatorial district "based on things that I have done for my
people, and they know that I'm committed to them as it is not easy to contest on
the platform of an ‘unknown’ party and defeat those who contested on the
platform of bigger parties in just two months."
On his part, the National Chairman of YPP, Emmanuel
Amakiri, said with the legal victory of Ubah, the political dynasty of the Uba
brothers have collapsed.
According to him, it doesn't matter the party you
belong to; you will win if your people want you, and this is a victory of the
people.
He said: "A dynasty has been shattered in the
Anambra South senatorial district. We started from the grassroots and the
Appeal Court confirmed it. Nobody can take this victory from us because we went
to the election with the best material, and our people, the electorate, confirmed
this at the poll.”
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