The Governor of Nasarawa State, Abdullahi Sule, has refuted the allegations made by the Civil Liberties Organisation that he and the INEC Returning Officer for Nasarawa State, Professor Ishaya Tanko, manipulated the March 18 governorship elections in the state.
Recall that the CLO had called for strict sanctions and visa bans to be imposed on the governor and the INEC Returning Officer, accusing them of making statements capable of undermining the sanctity and independence of the judiciary and threatening the unity of the country after the election petitions tribunal nullified his election and declared David Ombugadu of the Peoples Democratic Party as the winner of the election.
However, the governor’s Senior Special Assistant on Public Affairs, Peter Ahemba, has denied the allegations, saying that they are “baseless” and that the governor has not committed any offence to warrant banning him from travelling outside of the country.
He said, “Governor Abdullahi Sule hasn’t committed any offence to warrant banning him from travelling outside of the country as demanded by the CLO.
“This is highly condemnable and laughable; such allegations are baseless. Such groups are window dressers working with PDP to authenticate the fraud being perpetrated by the party during the general elections.”
