Kwara State Governor, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed has described the judgement of the Court of Appeal Ilorin which upheld the election of the Senate President, Dr Abubakar Bukola Saraki as a judicial affirmation of the love the people of Kwara, over the years, have had for the Senate President.

Governor Ahmed, in a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Abdulwahab Oba, said that the Appeal Court judgement is a testimony that the judiciary remains the fair and just arbiter as well as the hope of all citizens.

The Governor noted that the judiciary has through such fair and just judgements since the present democratic experience started in 1999 sustained democratic values in the country.

According to Gov. Ahmed, “It is noteworthy that Senator Saraki, while the election case lasted, never got distracted in his onerous duty as the Senator representing Kwara Central Senatorial District and the President of the 8th Senate”.

Governor Ahmed added that the people of Senator Saraki’s Senatorial District and the people of Kwara State never had apprehension as a result of the litigation because they were convinced that Senator Saraki was popularly elected in the last National Assembly elections.

“Now that the litigation has been laid to rest, I urge Kwarans to once again remain united and committed to the common good of all rather than egocentrism and politics of hatred which are antithetical to collective progress and development “, Governor Ahmed advised.