I am Senator WALID JIBRIN, a devout Fulani by tribe a devout Muslim and the Sarkin Fulani of Nasarawa state. i'm a former Senator and Former Chairman PDP Board of Trustees. I was also privileged to be the Chairman of the PDP Campaign Council that coordinated all PDP campaigns in Nasarawa state for the 2023 House of Assembly, National Assembly, the Governorship and Presidential elections in Nasarawa state. lam an elder over 70 years and | am very worried about what is going on in our country today. At my age I went round the whole of Nasarawa state during the last campaign. It was very clear everywhere we went that the people were no longer with the incumbent Governor Engr Audu Sule of the APC. From the 1st APC campaign outing in Toto Local Government the Governor was greeted by women and youths with street protest. They told him clearly that they were tired of his lack of performances and empty promises.
In fact Toto had been without electricity for almost ten years of APC governorship in our state. Everywhere the Governor and his team went the reception was cold and scanty which was a very clear signal that Governor Sule was out of touch with the needs and aspirations of the people of Nasarawa state.
I'm aware that after two years in office the Governor dismissed the advice from leaders and members of his party to fulfill his campaign promises.
Instead of listening to his party’s in-house advice to roll up his sleeves and work for the people, he flared up at them and publicly swore that he would do only one term and relocate abroad to live his life in peace!
I was therefore not surprised by the cold and in many places the hostile reception Engr Sule campaign witnessed across Nasarawa state.
The Presidential election on February 25 was the foretaste of things to come. In Nasarawa state the Ruling Party the APC came last! lt was clear there won't be any miracle for APC in the governorship election which was just two weeks ahead!
In the governorship election Governor Sule suffered crippling defeat as voters in his Local Government of Akwanga overwhelmingly rejected him and voted massively for the PDP Governorship candidate Dr David Ombugadu.
Similarly, in Sule’s senatorial zone, he suffered crushing defeat after four years in office.
The situation in the Southern Zone was even worse for the Governor who was defeated flatly in Lafia the state capital and in Doma Local Govt where His Deputy Dr Akabe hails from!
Obi Local Government also rejected him and voted massively for Dr David Ombugadu of the PDP! These are the most populous LGAs in the Southern zone!
In the West Senatorial zone, only Keffi gave Sule any real winking votes. He was defeated in Kokona where the state Chairman of APC hails from and in Karu which has the highest numbers of registered voters in our state, Governor Sule was overwhelmingly defeated as voters adding magic votes at the Local Government collation center just to declare the loser As winner to shock of all Nigerian!
We were all shocked by what happened because up to this day the results from polling units of Nasarawa state on the INEC IREV platform shows that Engr. Sule lost to Dr Ombugadu of the PDP! Instead of conceding defeat as is the case in true democracy the State government collided with INEC in Lafia to add massive figures to Sule’s vote just to declare him winner!
When Sule was declared protests by women and youths erupted all over the state.
The PDP showed maturity by rejecting the fraudulent declaration and following the due process of Law to reclaim Dr Ombugadu’s mandate.
It is therefore very shocking that instead of accepting the widely anticipated…
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