Nasarawa GEPT judgement: Jettison approaching appeal court, own up your defeat– Nigerians tells Sule

By David Okpashi

Following the governorship election tribunal judgement delivered last Monday, Nigerians have urged governor Abdullahi Sule to toe the part of honour by jettison his plan action to continue withe the case in the interest of unity, peace and the development of the state.

Speaking differently while reacting to an interview granted the APC lawyer, Dr Mubarak Adekilekun on TVC News, Nigerians were unanimous in their reactions to the tribunal judgement asking the governor to display the spirit of sportsmanship following the outcome of the judgement.

According to those who spoke while reacting to the judgement, forging ahead collectively for the development of Nasarawa state was the best way forward adding that these can be realized only when governor Abdullahi Sule toe the part of honour by accepting the defeat.

A man from Adamawa state who identified himself as Emmanuel Bako wondered how a lawyer of repute will come before a National television to disown issues that were obvious and in line with the law upon which the tribunal judgement was based on.

He argued that over voting in Gayam and Chiroma wards of Lafia local government were clear issue of manipulation, maintaining that results presented by the APC manually could not have been more authentic than the results off loaded from the INEC Biometric capturing machines.

Other Nigerians however argued that the issue with the Nasarawa governorship election can not be in any way liken to the situation in Kano state.

“We are Nigerians and we have been monitoring the electoral processes in Nasarawa state. We therefore hold strongly that governor Abdullahi Sule ought to have congratulated the PDP candidate, David Emmanuel Ombugadu for the overwhelming support received from the people of Nasarawa State during the Marc governorship election”.

“We are not judges but it is wrong for for a political party to describe a tribunal pronouncement as a monumental error. APC should not be a judge in their own case rather they should seek further legal redress instead of using a fowl language to describe a judgement delivered by a competent cour

Meanwhile, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the State has congratulated its members over the verdict of the governorship election tribunal which affirmed its candidate, Hon.David Emmanuel Ombugadu as the rightful and lawful elected governor of Nasarawa State.

In a statement signed by its publicity secretary, Ibrahim Hamza, the party said the victory did not come as a surprise because justice served at last and correctly too.

The statement further called on party members and supporters to remain calm and celebrate moderately as well remain resolute as the party’s legal team is working hard to ensure total victory at all levels of the judicial process.

The statement commended the tribunal for “the painstaking attention to detail, and the decision that was arrived based on merit of the case and not allowed itself to be hoodwinked by mere technicalities, which the Respondents obviously wanted so badly.”

The party further revealed that following the outcome of the meeting with security services, all political parties were advised to restrict their political activities and those of the supporters to respective party offices and residence of the candidate for now, in the interests of peace in the state at large.

The party therefore advised its members against the use of vulgar words that could ignite tension and inflame passion capable of threatening peaceful coexistence or cause harm to persons or properties anywhere in the state.
Explaining that the security service have already upped their game in vigilance in order to forestall any unpleasant outcome and that mischief makers will be on their own.

Subsequently, the statement added, that State PDP Chairman Hön Francis Orogu has directed all LG chairmen of the party to ensure compliance with the directive in the interest of peace in the state.