Isaac Alfa, a retired Air Marshal, has asked the people of Kogi East senatorial district to elect credible candidates ahead of the 2019 National Assembly elections which holds this Saturday.
Alfa, while speaking to newsmen in Lokoja on Thursday advised the constituents not to waste their votes on the People Democratic Party candidate, Senator Attai Aidoko as he would soon be disqualified following a recent Supreme Court judgment.
Recall in January, the apex court struck out the appeal of Attai Aidoko, incumbent Kogi East senator, who had appealed the decision of the Appeal Court.
The Appeal Court had upheld the decision of the trial court which declared Alfa as the candidate who won the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) primary poll.
Read the full statement below:
My good people of Kogi East, I want to thank you for your support for the last three and a half years over my case with Senator Attai Aidoko which finally ended with victory for me at the supreme court on 23rd January 2019. With this victory, Kogi East can now go ahead and elect credible people to represent them.
The High Court judgment which Aidoko challenged at the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court and lost, indicted Aidoko and the PDP for presenting a ROUGUE and FALSE document to INEC, an offence that disqualifies Aidoko for life. Therefore, with the latest judgement, Aidoko cannot contest the coming election and INEC will soon remove his name.
Anybody who votes for Aidoko is throwing away his or her vote. If Adioko continues to impersonate and takes part in the election, he is exposing himself to jail.
May God guide you to vote this time for our best candidate for Senate.
Thanks
Air Marshal Senator Isaac Alfa CFR