Edeoga spoke during a press conference on the outcome of Saturday's presidential and National Assembly elections and the recent Supreme Court victory authenticating him as the governorship candidate of Labour Party.
The Labour Party governorship candidate in Enugu State, Chijioke Edeoga has thanked the people of the state for voting for the party’s candidates during Saturday’s National Assembly elections.
Edeoga spoke during a press conference on the outcome of Saturday's presidential and National Assembly elections and the recent Supreme Court victory authenticating him as the governorship candidate of Labour Party.
He described the outcome of the polls as “a golden moment for the good people of Enugu State," while promising that the mandate would not be taken for granted.
Commending President Muhammadu Buhari for assenting to the Electoral Act of 2022 and the new monetary policy that has made it difficult to swap old banknotes for new ones, Edeoga said the policy reduced the incidence of vote-buying during the general elections.
Apart from one house of representative seat clinched by the Peoples Democratic Party and a contested Senate seat result for Enugu West senatorial zone, Labour Party swept all the National Assembly seats in the state.
The Senatorial seat for Enugu East senatorial zone election would be held on March 11 together with the governorship and House of Assembly elections. This followed the gruesome killing of the candidate of the Labour Party for the district about 72 hours before the election.
The former chairman of the House Committee on Information thanked the electorates for the unprecedented support given to the Labour Party in the state.
“The truth is that some people didn’t give LP a chance, but the masses kept faith with us.
“But the current result is beyond the imagination of those people; It’s a golden moment for the people of Enugu State and I assure them that all our members who have been given the mandate of the people will not disappoint them.
“We will not take this victory for granted but will make sure that a new Enugu which the masses yearn for, comes to reality,” he said.
He said, “We thank in a special way President Muhammadu Buhari for signing the electoral act and for the monetary policy which made vote buying difficult, if not impossible.”
On the alleged assassination of Oyibo Chukwu, the LP Senatorial candidate for Enugu East, Edeoga said it would remain a sad day in the history of the state.
“Oyibo Chukwu had worked hard, campaigned, and was poised to win before his brutal assassination. He was murdered in cold blood.
“We condemn seriously the taking of life. We condemn it, pray that his soul will rest in peace. We will continue where he stopped in his dream to provide good representation.
“We are taking steps to get his replacement; we are consulting various stakeholders, to get somebody who will meet expectations,” he disclosed.