Samuel Luka, Bauchi
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, Nigeria’s Capital has today (Friday) set aside the judgement of Election Petition Tribunal that affirmed the election of Speaker of Bauchi State House of Assembly Rt. Hon. Abubakar Y Suleiman as member representing Ningi Central Constituency.
The Court ordered a rerun in ten polling units.
Reacting to the decision of the Appeal Court in a press statement made available to newsmen by his Spokesperson, Mallam Abdul Ahmad Burra, the Speaker urged his supporters and all people of the Constituency to remain calm.
He said that although the judgement is unfavourable, but as a Muslim he believes in all fates, thus he accepts the judgement in good faith.
While describing the judgement as minor political setback which is not new in his political career, the Speaker said that he is ever ready for the rerun election to add to the almost two thousand votes margin he gave his opponent.
Rt. Hon. Abubakar Y Suleiman stated that the support and solidarity he has been enjoying in Ningi remain intact, adding that no amount of effort to pull him down will succeed.
He said that conducting a rerun in ten polling units that are his stronghold is just like a walkover, wondering why his opponents insisted on extending their pain of election defeat.
He said that with the unprecedented infrastructural development initiated by Governor Bala Abdulkadir Muhammad in Ningi Local Government Area, PDP remains unbeatable in Ningi.
The Speaker further said that he will not relent in his effort to bring dividends of democracy to the people of Ningi Central Constituency not matter how some elements keep trying to pull him down.
