- * Says Time For Politics Is Over
By David Okpashi (Nasarawa State Correspondent, in Lafia)
Nasarawa State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Saturday, called on Governor Abdullahi Sule to stop dragging President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, traditional rulers and other Nigerians into the state politics.
They said the politics of the state including the governorship dispute at the tribunal was the decision of the court over the outcome of March 18, election.
The party in a statement by the State PDP Chairman, Francis Orogu and made available to newsmen in Lafia, told the governor that the time for politics was over, adding that moving from pillar to poles, seeking for favour was not the solution hence the wishes of the Nasarawa people.
It would be recalled that Mr David Ombugadu, governorship candidate of PDP, is challenging the declaration of Governor Abdullahi Sule of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as winner of the 2023 governorship polls.
The tribunal during its sitting of September 14, reserved judgement on the petition after counsels to the petitioner and first, second and third respondents adopted their final written addresses and promised to communicate to the counsels on the day the judgement would be delivered.
The PDP Chairman, in the statement, accused the governor of not having anything to show for the more than four years he has been piloting the affairs of the state.
He urged the governor to leave President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike and other Nigerians out of the politics of the state and face his political travails.
“We have observed that after four years and three months in office, governor Abdullahi Sule was yet to commission a single remarkable project in the state.
“It is disturbing that the governor is only hiding under the guise of collaborating with the federal government to tackle the infrastructural and security challenges facing the state,” the PDP Chairman added.
Orogu further said that a lot of kidnapping, killings and other crimes are going on unabated in the last four years under the watch of the governor.
He added that in the last four years, sitting Chairman of APC, Philip Tatari, Former Federal Commissioner of National Population Commission, Zakari Kigbu, and many others were murdered.
He also said that the convoy of the Deputy Governor, Emmanuel Akabe, was attacked and some police personnel attached to the deputy governor were killed in the process.
He added that the house of Labaran Maku, former Minister of Information and his family members were attacked three times and lives were lost during one of the attack.
He explained that there are a lot of other kidnapping and killings going on in various parts of the state.
“Prof. Onje Gyewado, former deputy governor, Emirs, Chiefs, farmers, and civilians, have been killed or kidnapped and nothing serious was done by the state government.
“We believe that a conscious commitment to governance by Governor. Sule will reduce or eliminate these security challenges,” he added.
He therefore, appealed to the federal government to support the army, police and other security agencies to tackle the increasing insecurity in Nasarawa State. NNL.
