Sule told his rival, David Ombugadu, the People’s Democratic
Party (PDP) governorship candidate in last year’s election, to wait for his
time.
Nasarawa State Governor, Governor Abdullahi, has said that he
has no plan to run for any political office after finishing his second tenure
as the governor of the North-Central state.
The 64-year-old politician was elected governor in 2019 and
is currently serving his second term following his victory in the March 18,
2023 polls.
Speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today hours
after the Supreme Court affirmed his electoral victory, Sule told his rival,
David Ombugadu, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in
last year’s election, to wait for his time.
“I came in only to be
a governor. I did not come in to be a chairman, a senator or a member of the
House of Representatives. I don’t have any dreams for those offices,” he
stated.
“I have no dream of
becoming even president. I have no dreams of that. I can tell you categorically
that Abdullahi Sule would not go for Senate after leaving office. By the time I
finish my eight years I can do whatever I want to do.
“You can take it from me confidently that I have no intention
to run for the office of a senator. You can keep this tape and play it one
day.”
He also expressed his joy that the election litigation is
over.
The Supreme Court dismissed the appeal of the PDP
governorship candidate against Sule’s election as the governor of Nasarawa
State.
Reacting to his victory at the apex court, Sule said, “I am
happy it is over. It is finished, that is the end of it, and we can now focus
on the job and move on.”
The governor said he at no time entertained any fear of
losing his seat ahead of the Apex Court judgment.
“I was expecting to win, the reason being first at the
tribunal, we had three judges and they disagreed with themselves, they could
not even agree, all the three of them. Two of them disagreed with us and
therefore we lost, one of them had a very comprehensive report and he voted for
us and said we won.
“We picked
from there and went to the Appeal Court where there are now more experienced
three judges; and all the three of them unanimously said we won, so you can
imagine into the Supreme Court with a lot of confidence, I did not doubt in my
mind about the fact that we are going to win,” he said.
In his defense
of his victory in the polls, Governor Sule stated that he had been
overwhelmingly voted for by the people of the state. He explained that his
party had lost senatorial seats due to internal conflicts and not because of a
decrease in support within the state.
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