Governor Sule To Leave Politics After Second Tenure

The Governor of Nasarawa State, Governor Abdullahi Sule, has said after finishing his second tenure as the governor of the North-Central state, he would no longer run for any political office .

He stated this during his appearance on Channels Television’s Politics Today at the weekend. He also expressed his joy that the election litigation is over.

He urged his rival, David Ombugadu, the candidate for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate to wait for his time.

Sule was elected governor in 2019 following his victory in the March 18, 2023 polls, he is serving his second term.

According to him, “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.”

 “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 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.

“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.”

The Supreme Court dismissed the appeal of the PDP governorship candidate against Sule’s election as the governor of Nasarawa State.

Governor Sule defended his poll victory by pointing out that the state’s voters had cast a resounding majority for him. Instead of losing support in the state, he clarified, his party had lost senate seats as a result of internal strife.