Nasarawa state chapter of the All Progressive Congress (APC) has rejected the verdict of the election petition tribunal sacking Governor Abdullahi Sule and declaring David Umbugadu of the PDP winner of the March 18th governorship election.
The chairman of the party, Aliyu Bello in a press conference on Wednesday, October 4, in Lafia backed Governor Sule’s decision to appeal the judgment at the Court of Appeal.
He said,
“It is the candid and considered opinion of our great party, the APC that the election tribunal erred in arriving at its decision.
“Our great party therefore, unequivocally, and categorically reject the split judgment of the tribunal of two to one annulling the re-election of Governor Abdullahi Sule for a second term as the executive Governor of Nasarawa state.
“The APC believes that the tribunal also committed a monumental error in declaring the PDP candidate as winner of the gubernatorial election in Nasarawa state.
“We identify ourselves with the dissenting judgment which is firmly rooted in Law, facts, and logic. This further strengthened our resolve to pursue the appeal, the facts and arguments presented by our legal team and that of the INEC against the petition of the PDP and its candidate David Umbugadu overwhelming and incontrovertible, we are therefore in awe as to how the tribunal arrived at its puzzling decision.”
He appealed to the people of Nasarawa state especially “our teeming supporters, well-wishers to remain calm, and await the pursuit by our hard-working Governor, Abdullahi Sule to take its course.”
