A former Chairman, Board of Trustees (BoT), of the Peoples
Democratic Party, PDP, Walid Jibrin has said that Governor Sule Abdullahi of
Nasarawa State knows that he did not win the March 18, 2023, governorship
election.
The Nasarawa governorship election petition tribunal had in
its judgement delivered recently sacked Abdullahi as governor.
The tribunal declared the PDP governorship candidate, David
Ombugadu as the duly elected governor.
According to Jibrin, who spoke during a press briefing in Abuja on Friday, Sule’s attempt to give a religious colouration to the tribunal judgment is wrong and unfounded.
He stated that Sule and everyone in Nasarawa State and
Nigeria was fully aware that Sule did not win the election and therefore should
not be governor against the will of the people and the law.
He explained that the sad attempt to divide the judiciary on
religious lines would destroy the only institution that remains the last hope
of the common man.
He emphasized, “It is therefore very shocking that instead
of accepting the widely anticipated verdict of the tribunal, Governor Sule had
decided to plead religion as reason why he won’t leave office for Dr. David
Ombugadu of the PDP who is the true winner of the 18 March 2023 governorship
election in Nasarawa State,” he said.
Jibrin added that he is a devout Muslim and an elder of over
70 years and expressed shocked at Sule’s attempt to blame his defeat on
religion rather than the overwhelming facts before God and all Nigerians which
show clearly that he didn’t win the election.
He warned Nigerians to be wary of the politics of religion
as it is capable of destroying the country.
According to him, Nasarawa State is made up of Muslims and Christians
almost in equal numbers, stressing that Ombugadu will be the first Christian to
govern the State since inception in 1996.
He believed that it is a beautiful opportunity to unite the
state for peace, good governance, and democracy.
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