The senatorial candidate of the
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for Borno South senatorial district in the 2019
general elections, Kudla Satumari popularly called Haskey has asked one of the
candidates for the position of Senate President in the 9th Assembly, Senator
Ali Ndume to forget his ambition.
Satumari said Ndume is not the
right candidate for such a high leadership position, describing him as a self-
centred person who has contributed nothing to the development of his
constituents.
He accused Ndume of working
against his party in favour of Senate President Bukola Saraki and the PDP in
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Speaking in an interview in
Abuja, Satumari also warned the All Progressives Congress (APC) not to nominate
Ali Ndume as Senate President because he will reclaim his mandate at the
Election Tribunal.
He alleged his victory at the
polling units was upturned between the polling stations and collation centre
where the results were rewritten in favour of Ndume.
He said: “What people don’t know
is that I have worked assiduously for him to become the senator in 2011.
“I was among those that worked
hard to ensure that he won the election. I even named a primary school I built
in area after him. The fight is not personal but we should not reinforce
failure”.
On whether he will consider the
option of an out- of- court settlement, he said: “Never. Out of court
settlement is never an option.
“It is not about me but my people
because the level of insecurity in my area has gotten to alarming stage. I
doubt if we still have men to stand for the people.”
He went on: “Our problem is that
nobody is bringing the issue to the centre stage. My over 80 year-old mother
slept in the bush last week.
“It pains when the federal government
claims Boko Haram has been degraded yet the kind of insecurity we are
experiencing on daily basis before, during and after the general elections has
never been so under Goodluck Jonathan.
“It was better under him because
they can take control over a Local Government but the kind of hit- and- run we
are having now and the seeming lack of concern or tangible effort made by the
appropriate authority to curtail the attacks, make us to wonder if we are still
part of this country.
“That is why I will never accept
any out of court settlement. Let the court decide and confirm his victory.
“I will appeal and if the Appeal
Court still gives it to him, I will accept and leave for God.
“My life has been threatened and
there has been nothing that has not been done.
“There is nobody on this earth,
including my mother, I cherish and respect so much that can prevail on me to
step down for whatever consideration.
“I will never concede and even if
lawyers refused to defend me, I will defend myself”.
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