Ahead of INEC’s conduct of rerun in his constituency, Senator David Mark has warned his people of Benue South District against permitting a situation where outsiders wouldd decide the destiny of Idoma people.
He said: “We must decide for ourselves what we want not what outsiders want us to be. That we must resist.”
Mark disclosed this in a statement issued on Thursday by his media aide, Paul Mumeh, where he stated that “thousands of citizens from that zone came out in large numbers to welcome Senator Mark, who was coming home for the first time after the Election Appeal Tribunal nullified his election and ordered for a rerun”.
Upon arrival, Mark proceeded to the Och Idoma palace where he told the monarch “that the appeal tribunal has cancelled his election and called for rerun, a development he has no choice but to accept in good faith.
In his response, the Och Idoma Dr. Ikoyi Elias Obekpa, assured that no amount of litigation or conspiracy can overturn the resolve of the people.
He stated that Senator Mark has done the Idoma nation proud and that he believed he would do more.
The royal father called for calm and peaceful coexistence saying that when the time comes, the Idoma people know who they would vote for and who would adequately represent them.
Stressing that his people cannot afford to toil with their future and destiny, the Och Idoma said: “we know our best hand. We know what we want. Only the Idoma people would decide not external influence or interference.”
Also speaking, the state chairman of the Peoples Democratic party, PDP, Dr Emmanuel Agbo and former minister of Interior, Abba Moro, urged the Idoma people not to cave in to external influence against the interest of the tribe.
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