The Peace Ambassador, Kingsley Muturu has been declared the winner of the Phase II Presidential Amnesty Programme lNational Election.
The keenly contested election was held today in Warri, Delta state and the candidates comprise of Olotu Wanimi, Steven Ebisentei, Salvation Ibena Rufus and Kingsley Muturu the winner of the election.
The total accredited voters were 94 and out of these 94 delegates, 67 were Delegates from Bayelsa state, while 27 were Delegates from Delta state, making it 94 total accredited voters.
Steven Ebisentei pulled 7 votes out of the 94 Votes, Olotu Wanimi pulled 7 votes, Salvation Rufus Ibena pulled 39 votes, while Amb. Kingsley Muturu Pulled 41 votes.
Kingsley Muturu, being the candidate with the highest number of votes was declared the winner of the election and the new National Chairman of Phase II Presidential Amnesty programme.
Speaking after the election, Aso Tambou, the former National Chairman of Phase II, congratulated the newly elected national leader and officially handed power over to him.
He said " As the former National Chairman of this group, the coalition of Niger-Delta Ex-agitators, presidential Amnesty Phase II, I want to make my official hand over to the leader elect.
"And if there is any group that is operating fractionally, I am using this medium tell the Presidential Amnesty Office, that, the so called group should not be given recognition.
"Amb. Kingsley Muturu is the winner of the June 1st election and I hereby handover all documents to him as the duely elected National Chairman".
Also speaking, Hon. Augustin Ogedegbe, congratulated the newly elected Chairman, Kingsley Muturu, describing him as a credible leader who should lead the group.
He said " Today is a very busy day and out of the tight schedule we felt that we should be at today's election, especially to elect a leader that we know that will pilot the affairs of phase II and things will take shape, a person that has a credible character that can work with the Presidential Amnesty office and there will be no issues, that issues will be resolved"
"We want to elect a general with dignity and has been tested, he has worked for us at the state level. And Delta state and Bayelsa all agreed he should be elected and today is a fantastic day.
"Eventhough, it is suppose to be a walk over, we all decided that it should go by election which we did and as God may take his glory, we declared him winner because he got the highest vote"
"He scored 41 votes while the one next to him scored 39, the other two candidates Scored 7 each, making it 94 delegates, these were the total number of people accredited.
"So we thank God for his life, and congratulate him that he will continue to work for us, and we thank everyone that have left their busy schedules to come and vote.
"Also I thank the former National Chairman who was present in the election ground and has handed over all the necessary documents to him as the new national Chairman of Phase II.
The Mayor of Urhobo Land, His Excellency Israel Akpodoro also congratulated the winner of the election, Amb. Kingsley Muturu.
He said "People like us, we really came here to make sure a credible leader emerges for this position and we monitored everything, the foul play they wanted to play, we stopped them, we did the election very peaceful and a winner has emerged. I congratulate him and pray that he works for the good of everybody.
Amb. Kingsley Muturu on his part appreciated all the delegates who took out time feom their busy schedules to come and vote for him.
" I want to use this medium to call on all my opponents to come and work with me to build Phase II PAP together for our collective benefits. The elections are over, it is time to work the talk" He stressed.
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