My Gratitude- By Professor Steve Ugbah

The outcome of the just concluded gubernatorial elections in Benue State has been announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). I know that most of you are unhappy and dissatisfied with the results as returned by the Electoral body.
You are unhappy because the results do not reflect your desires and your wishes. You have continuously chanted “shor chenji”. You voted massively for change by giving your mandate to the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in Benue State. You all voted for me, Prof Steve Torkuma Ugbah to be your governor.
Your votes have shown your determination for change. You had opted for the broom revolution because of your hope that we have the capacity to move this state forward. Remain resolute and committed as we shall never relent in our determination to move Benue forward.
I will forever remain grateful to all of you for your support. I wish to thank you very sincerely for the massive support you gave me and my party, the ACN. I am satisfied with your support.
During the cause of my campaigns, you had always expressed fear that a mandate to me would always be stolen by the PDP through rigging. I had always assured you that any mandate to me would never be lost to anybody.
I want to once again assure you that, I will not let you down. I will pursue the mandate you gave me with all I have to its logical conclusion. The law gives us an option to go to the tribunal to seek justice as such; we are going to the tribunal to seek justice. As the people are on our side, God is truly on our side and we shall get justice; we shall redeem our mandate.
You should be proud and go about your duties with your heads high. You never lost, you won. We desire democracy more than victory; as such we played by the rules and refused to be part of the fraud of thumb printing and all the other forms of electoral malpractices that were perpetrated by the PDP. You should remain calm and law abiding as your mandate shall never be lost.
Finally, I wish to congratulate our Senator elect for Zone B, Distinguished Senator Dr. George Akume Dajoh, our House of Representatives members elect and elected members of the Benue State House of Assembly on the platform of the ACN for their victory in the just concluded general elections.
Remain blessed.
Prof Steve Torkuma Ugbah
ACN Governorship Candidate, Benue State.