Response by Valentine Ozigbo, 2025 All Progressive Congress (APC) Governorship Aspirant on the Supreme Court verdict of the controversial primary election case against Nicholas Ukachukwu
My beloved Ndi Anambra, fellow Nigerians, and friends across the world, I write this with a heavy yet unbroken heart. On Monday, under intense pressure from anti-democratic forces, our Supreme Court bowed, not to truth or justice, but to fear.
Under the shadow of intimidation, our lawyers were silenced, and our case — a case of truth, merit, and hope — was denied a hearing. They announced their verdict without listening, decided without examining, and declared without conscience.
This is not just an injury to one man; it is a deep wound to Nigeria’s democracy — another painful reminder of a judiciary captured and in urgent need of redemption.
Yet I refuse to despair. Because I know something courts cannot silence — the voice of conscience, the power of faith, and the will of a people who will not bow to the darkness.
We will not bow. We will not surrender. We will not let darkness write our destiny. We will continue to fight — not with bitterness, but with purpose; not with violence, but with vision; not for power, but for Nigeria’s soul. This battle was never mine alone.
It is the struggle of every Nigerian who believes that truth still matters, that light still breaks through, that our nation can still be redeemed. So I stand today, not defeated, but determined. God is just starting with us, and we will be vindicated soon.
Let history record that when others chose silence, we spoke up; when others compromised, we stood. That in the face of injustice, we did not curse the darkness — we lit a candle. And as we hold that candle high, let the world see that our faith is stronger than their fear.
We are valiant. We are unbroken. We are not done. As Martin Luther King Jr. said: “The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.”
Oppression may win a moment, but righteousness wins history. The oppressed who stand with God always have the last laugh. Aka Chukwu di ya. Ka Anambra Chawapu.
