The court of appeal sitting in Lagos upheld the election Hon. Julius G. Pondi in the same vein as the earlier validation by the National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal.
The lawmaker in a statement said the decision of the court of appeal, which pronounced his victory in the March 2023 poll as inviolate, is a clear testament of the goodwill of the people of the Constituency towards his person.
“Just a while ago, I received with joy the reaffirmation of the mandate, which my people of Burutu Federal Constituency gave to me in the 2023 national election.”
Consiquently, he used the opportunity to reiterate his total commitment to the people of Burutu and also to the entire Ijaw nation.
“My victory at the court of appeal is a reaffirmation of a renewed confidence Burutu Federal Constituency and her people repose in me.
“I am grateful to all our youths, our brothers and sisters, as well as the elders who defied all odds to give me their votes.
“As I dedicate this mandate to all my people of Burutu, may I also salute with reverence our leaders and our indomitable leader of all time, Chief Edwin Kiagbodo Clark and all his peers of Ijaw nation for their steadfast support and encouragement for me.”
He pledged that his allegiance and complete loyalty to the cause of our people is not in doubt
“The misbegotten judicial tussle that my opponent embarked upon was very unnecessary. He was on a vain and illusionary journey as it has today led him to another defeat.
“He was only attempting to upturn my victory in the election in which he only won in one ward out of the eleven wards of the federal Constituency.
He commended the judiciary for upholding the truth and rejecting the hallucination of victory by my opponent.
“In spite of any contrary view, I summit that by my victory today at the court of appeal, there is yet hope for impartiality in the nation’s jurisprudence.”
