Supreme Court judgement on presidential poll: Join hands to move Nigeria forward, Otu advises opposition parties

Following the just concluded Supreme Court judgement that upheld the victory of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the February 25th presidential poll, the Governor of Cross River state, Bassey Otu has advised the opposition parties to joins hands and support Tinubu’s administration for the good of the country.

Otu gave the advice when he paid a courtesy visit to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, National Chairman, Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje at the party headquarters in Abuja on Friday.

Speaking to journalists, he said since the common intention of the Presidential candidates of the opposition parties was to serve the people, they should all support the present administration to do so.

“Actually, my position on this has always been no Victor no vanquish, so long as the common denominator was to serve our people; so long as the unity of purpose was to take Nigeria to the next level. We want them to join hands and let us build a great country”, he said.

Reacting to the Supreme Court judgement, he said “We are very very happy, actually that was God’s design and we have to take Nigeria forward.

“We are facing very difficult times now but we know that better days are ahead. You know anything you do in this world to get maximum success, there has to be a level of sacrifice.

“We are paying for those days when the subsidy should have been withdrawn a long time ago. But we believe that the way the economy is going now, not too long we will be able to stabilize and move forward.

“I came to congratulate the national chairman of the greatest party in Africa and to thank all our party faithful that have shown fidelity as far as this trouble is concerned. We believe this is a stepping stone, we are definitely going to achieve greater heights”.