Opposition chieftain and member of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP in Nasarawa state has urged Governor Abdullahi Sule against associating President Ahmed Bola Tinubu’s government with failure.
This is even as he advised Vice President Shettima not to fall victim and stop encouraging and condoning failure by some APC governors in the face of underperformance, decay, and deceit in the country.
The opposition chieftain legal practitioner based in Karu, Awaisu Keffi, in a statement made available to Journalists said local government projects were credited to his administration.
According to the statement, “If not for desperation, how can the governor involve the vice president Kassim Shettima to commission a 3.5 km of village road constructed by a local government in the stat?
“Sule’s last desperate moves are an attempt to further hoodwink the Vice President to Commission 3.5km road as part of the outgoing Governor’s (Engr Abdullahi Alhaji Sule) grand deception plan”.
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The legal practitioner maintained that from the beginning, Sule has proof that his desperation has no end alleging that in 2023, the governor threatened state/LGA pensioners to queue behind him before getting their monthly stipends.
“Sule had made Senior Directors and Permanent Secretaries his campaign managers while the civil servants were made APC agents in ‘operation deliver your ward o face sanction,” the statement alleged.
He further alleged that he was not satisfied with all the measures taken in desperation, the ex-Dangotee sugar manager recruited additional rulers EMI, and the chiefs cajole their subjects to vote for him for a second term or his dethronement.
Despite these moves, Gov Sule still lost woefully at the March 18th, 2023 Governorship poll to a former member of the House of Representatives, Dr David Emmanuel Ombugadu after which he and his collaborators mounted pressure on INEC to declare him winner”, Awaaisu declared
He said after Dr Ombugadu of the PDP dragged Sule and INEC to court and following the tribunal ruling against him, Sule has since forgotten about development in pursuance of his desperation which saw him through at the Appeal Court on technical grounds.
“As the two parties get set for the final ruling at the Supreme Court any day soon, Gov Sule’s desperation has resurfaced again with the purchase of the former FCT Minister, Solomon Ewug to join his party to boost his profile”.
“Last week of December 2023, Gov Sule struck once again. This time, he lured the Vice President of Nigeria, His Excellency Senator Kashim Shet m commissiona government project LGA.
“The Masaka-Luvu 5k road ordinarily shouldn’t be commissioned by such a high profile personality signifying the low level of our present situation, showcasing such underperformance to the world after ffouras the Chief Executive Officer of Nasarawa state.
“Only God knows how much Gov Sule must have expended on such desperate political investment,” the statement declared.
In a swift reaction, the Senior Special Assistant to Governor Sule on Public Affairs, Peter Ahemba, denounced the claims by the opposition sayingGovernorr Sule’s administration remained committed to the turnaround of the fortunes of the state through massive infrastructure that is designed to enhance the socio-economic development of the state.
“For the avoidance of doubt, the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Alhaji Ganduje is scheduled to commission more projects in the state on Saturday 6th January, 2024. Governor Sule remains focused and cannot be distracted by the antics of sponsored opposition elements, ” he explained.
The governor’s Aide said the claims in the write-up were baseless and should be disregarded by all.
Lateefah Ibrahim
