The deputy governorship candidate in the November 21, 2015 governorship election in Kogi State, Hon James Faleke has said that he had no regrets challenging the decision to declare the election inconclusive as the step was taken in good faith to protect the interest of the over 240,000 electorates that voted for the Audu/Faleke ticket in that election.
Faleke, who is a member of the House of Representatives, reacted to the judgement of the Supreme Court upholding the election of Yahaya Bell as governor of Kogi State on Tuesday in Abuja.
A statement issued by the spokesperson of the group, Hon Duro Meseko quoting Hon Faleke said it would amount to a betrayal of the sacred trust of the people who reposed implicit confidence in the Audu/Faleke ticket not to have defended the sanctity of their vote up til the Apex court level.
“We have heard the judgement handed down by the Supreme Court jurists upholding Yahaya Bello as governor. We shall wait for the full text of the judgement to know why they came to that conclusion. But let it be stated here that we have no regrets challenging the declaration of our election as inconclusive by the Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC).
“What we did was to defend the votes cast for Audu/Faleke by the over 240,000 electorates on November 21, 2015. The people voted for us as candidates not APC because they believe in the kind of leadership we offer to provide for them during our campaigns. It would therefore amount to crass betrayal of the trust of these electorates not to have defended their votes till the end”.
Hon Faleke said ad a lawmaker, he would be glad to read details of the judgement so as to “know which areas of our nation’s jurisprudence require urgent review”.
He urged all his supporters to remain calm, peaceful and law abiding while thanking them for their support and perseverance all through the court proceedings.
