Nasarawa governor, Abdullahi Sule, has said that the protest by the state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) against the Appeal Court Judgment which affirms his election won’t make the party and its candidate the governor of the state.
Governor Sule in a statement signed by his special assistant on public affairs, Comrade Peter Ahemba, said ethics and religious sentiments with blackmail won’t make PDP govern the state.
He said: “We watched with great concern, another shameful outing by a group of individuals believed to have been hired by the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Nasarawa State to stage an unwarranted protest against the recent verdict of the Court of Appeal.
“No doubt, the March 18th, 2023 governorship election which the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Governor Sule as the duly elected governor of the State is a true reflection of the popular mandate freely given to him by the electorates of Nasarawa state.
“This is why they have remained firmly in support of the Governor and have been resisting all attempts by the PDP and its governorship candidate to take over power through the backdoor. Indeed, no one can harvest where he/she did not sow”
“The recent stage-managed protest against the Appeal Court judgement by a group of sponsored individuals under the aegis of “Coalition of Indigenous People of Nasarawa State” as a calculated attempt to discredit the courageous, sound and firm judgement of the Appeal Court and blackmail the nation’s judiciary for choosing to look at the appeal brought before it by the Governor on its merit rather than primordial sentiments.
“The call on the International Community to intervene in the internal affairs of the state and tagging of some ethnic groups as foreigners are laughable and have further exposed the opposition PDP of its ethnic agenda in the politics of Nasarawa state.
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“The PDP as a party and its leaders must be reminded that the state is highly diverse in terms of ethnic and religious beliefs and that no ethnic group or religion has the capacity to produce the Governor of the State without the support of the others”
“We, therefore, condemn this show of desperation for power and urge security agencies in the state to note this dangerous rhetoric hovering very close to instigating hate amongst citizens by the opposition PDP and its sponsored groups in the state.
The statement added: “It is also laughable that the PDP-sponsored coalition alleged external interference in the affairs of the state when the opposition party relied solely on external forces to acquire power having been rejected by the electorates at the governorship poll”
“It is public knowledge how the PDP sought and got the support of some unsuspecting individuals and organizations within and outside the country on the basis of sentiments in its quest to snatch the mandate given to Governor Sule and his party, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC)”
“We are however confident and very optimistic that, with the facts of the matter, professionalism and fairness being demonstrated by the nation’s judiciary in the dispensation of justice, the will of the electorates will prevail even at the end of the legal battle.”