How Nasarawa Governor, APC National Chairman, Deputy Gov, Lost Senatorial Zones, Local Govt, Polling Units To PDP

Rabiu Omaku

Nasarawa State Governor Engineer Abdullahi Sule has looses his Local Government, Akwanga to the opposition political party The People’s Democratic Party.

The Governor despite the distribution of foodstuff as well the sharing of bonus to civil servants and the mobilization of his foot soldier, The Commissioner of  Environment and Natural Resource, Hon. Kwanta Yakubu Boer

Result available to Universal Reporters Online can authoritatively report that the ruling party in the State polled 15,873 while  David Emmanuel Ombugadu of PDP scores 23,787 to dislodge the incumbent Governor in his Local Government of Akwanga.

Also the Deputy Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Akabe, the number two citizen of the State has looses his country home of Doma to the PDP, Information available to UR revealed that Engineer Abdullahi Sule scores 15,587 while Ombugadu of the PDP polled a total of 19,737 votes.

These for the second time that the Deputy Governor , Emmanuel Akabe did not only looses his Local Government but also his polling unit, Akabe Junction, scoring 73 votes in 25 February , 2023 Presidential, Senate and House of  Representatives election while the PDP polled 139 votes.

Besides , Engineer Abdullahi Sule wins Toto Local Government, The country home of the running mate of PDP candidate, Hon.Usman Ohinoyi ,The ruling party scores 15,787 while the APC also clinch Toto Local Government, The country home of the running mate of the Governorship candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party, Hon. Adams Nyisana and the PDP polled  11,639 with it running mate coming from the same Toto.

The issues arising from the 2023 general election indicates that Nasarawa State remains the home of PDP, Though the Social Democratic Party has springs surprised in Nasarawa West senatorial seat, including the House of Representatives of Karu/Keffi/Kokona and House of Assembly seats of Toto/Gadabuke and Udege/Loko.

In Kokona Local Government, The home of the State Chairman of the APC, Hon. John Mamman, The PDP polled 19,045 thousand votes while the ruling party scores 18,182 in the March 18 Governorship election.

The ruling party completely lost grip of the party structure in the State Onlookers attributed the outcome of the 2023 general election in favor of the SDP as a vendetta to the actions of the national Chairman of the APC,Abdullahi Adamu , an action that foist some prominent members of the party to jump ship.

The outcome of the 2023  election in Nasarawa is a clear signal that Senator Wadada is still in control of Keffi politics.

The number one APC man in the country, Senator Abdullahi Adamu was amongst those that suffers serious defeat, which some people reffered to an end to  the political carrier of Adamu.

Abdullahi Adamu is out to fight the immediate past Governor of the State who was at the forefront and the first to show interest for the number one seat of the party, opinion shapers are of the view that the APC may loose her bearing by 2027 as the party is eyeing Dr. Faisal Shuaibu as the Governorship candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress, This the same seat, the likes of Senator Ahmed Aliyu Wadada is eyeing.

Feelers are of the opinion that Wadada may likely dump his party, The SDP back to the APC to actualize his Gubernatorial ambition, while in the PDP , Arc. Mohammed Jafar Ibrahim, a former member House of Representatives from Toto  under the auspices of PDP is also gathering momentum as well Bar. Labaran Magaji, a public prosecutor in the office of the Minister of Justice of the Federation.

The PDP likewise the SDP has spring surprises with the numbers of members of the national and State Assembly, The SDP has two senators, two House of Representatives and three House of Assembly members at the State , while the PDP has one senator, eight House of Assembly members and The APC produce three House of Representatives and eleven House of Assembly members and the New Nigeria People’s Party has two House of Assembly members also.

The opposition political parties that is the PDP,SDP and NNPP are having edge over the ruling party which is having eleven members with the oppositions having thirteen State lawmakers.

An analyst is of the opinion that the second coming Engineer Abdullahi Sule may be a second term of bumper harvest with the conglomeration of lawmakers cut across the four political parties.

See results of Nasarawa State Governorship Election held on March 18,2023.

Local Governments

1.Awe

APC -26,966

PDP-8, 025

2.Akwanga

APC-15, 787

PDP-23, 787

3.Doma

APC-15, 587

PDP-19, 737

4.Karu

APC-28, 322

PDP-46, 564

5.Keana

APC-9, 588

PDP-7, 173

6.Keffi

APC-27, 737

PDP-11, 995

7.Kokona

APC-18, 182

PDP-19, 045

8.Lafia

APC-107,213

PDP-41, 594.

9.Nasarawa

APC-27, 992

PDP-19, 079

10.Nasarawa Eggon

APC-16, 692

PDP-36, 825.

11.Obi

APC-25, 126

PDP-29, 467

12.Toto

APC-15, 787

PDP-11, 638.

13.Wamba

APC-12, 124

PDP-8, 089

With the available result so far, the ruling APC wins Nasarawa Keffi, Keana Toto, Wamba and Lafia while the PDP wins Kokona Nasarawa Eggon, Obi, Doma, Akwanga and Karu Local Governments.

The outcome of the Governorship election was outrightly rejected by the Director General of Atiku Abubakar and Emmanuel Ombugadu campaign council, Hon. Labaran Maku at the State headquater of the Independent National Electoral Commission, saying the result of two electoral wards, Gayam and Ciroma wards are more than two Local Governments.

The aggrieved David Emmanuel Ombugadu of the People’s Democratic Party has since filed a petition at the Governorship election petition Tribunal sitting in Lafia, The Nasarawa State capital challenging the victory of Engineer Abdullahi Sule.

Some analysts continued to ponder on the 107,213 votes scores by Governor Sule and the declaration of Solomon Yakubu Akwashiki of the SDP as the winner of the controversial Lafia Central constituency election an outcome that lasted for four days.