Nasarawa Polls: PDP’s Ombugadu Rejects Governorship Result, Heads To Court

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in
Nasarawa State, David Ombugadu, has rejected the results of the
just concluded polls released by the Independent National Electoral
Commission (INEC).

INEC had declared the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate,
Abdullahi Sule, winner of the governorship election.

But speaking to Channels Television on Thursday, Ombugadu
alleged that the election was characterised by rigging.

While faulting INEC for the declaration of result, he expressed
confidence that the judiciary will help him retrieve the peoples’
mandate.

“I want to express total confidence in the judiciary, I believe
the judiciary will do justice to what has happened in Nasarawa
state and the peoples’ mandate that was stolen will be recovered
through the legitimate process,” he said.

But reacting to the allegation, the governor-elect, Sule says he
is satisfied with his victory having won with a landslide.

“We have no doubt in mind that whatever we did, we did the right
thing. We have no doubt in mind that we have won by a landslide
where we won with a margin over of over 155,000 votes to his total
of just 180,000 votes.

“We won in 11 out of the 13 local government areas and the
contender did not win in any local government area. If all that is
not enough and he wants to go to court, we wish him well in the
line that he wants to take.”