Former Information Minister and also gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in the 2015 elections in Nasarawa State, Labaran Maku has asserted that it will be an illegality if Governor Al-Makura occupies office beyond May 28.
Addressing a press conference in Abuja, Maku said; “I clearly won the April 11 election and this has been affirmed by the actions of the people of Nasarawa State who have remained in a mourning mood since the manipulated results were declared.
“I have called this press conference to say that, as far as am concerned, as far as the people of Nasarawa State are concerned, as far as God Almighty who giveth power is concerned, Gov. Almakura’s tenure expires midnight of Thursday May 28, 2015.
“His tenure will expire in the hearts of the Nasarawa people, before God and in the minds of all those who believe in the tenets of genuine democracy, so anything done by the governor crossing into May 29 will be illegal.
“It is important to state clearly that as far as what took place on April 11, 2015 was concerned, Almakura ceases to be governor by midnight of May 28, 2015,’’ Maku said.
He said further; “In 2011, Gov. Almakura defeated an incumbent who had all the resources and power and the federal might to have manipulated the outcome but that was not done, the incumbent left office.
“Today, a sitting President lost, congratulated his opponent and will be vacating the office in respect for democracy and the wishes of Nigerians.
“Why is it that some people in Nasarawa State are insisting on a stolen mandate and this clearly contradicts the atmosphere that Jonathan has created at the Federal level, the idea that an incumbent must always win is condemnable and am fighting this on principles.’’
Speaking further he called on the Nigeria media, to re-echo the need for the entrenchment of democratic tenets in the country.
“This has happened before in this country in 1979 during the second republic under the 1979 constitution, it was done and everybody was satisfied.
“It is also done in other parts of the world, election disputes must be settled before the winner is sworn in, this will end the trend where people with stolen mandates use state resources to protect stolen seats for sometimes more than one year,’’ Maku said.
if we practice good Democratic era. issue of nasarawa state should be put into considerations, because it has shows clearly that the ruling party has been defeated. Justice should be done. President GEJ accepted his defeat why naaarawa ruling party does not want accepted his defeated. pls let practice good legacy that GEJ did.