The Peoples Democratic Movement (PDM) Nasarawa State governorship candidate in the 2019 election, Musa Nagogo, he had withdrawn his petition against the election of Governor Abdullahi Sule in the interest of peace.
The PDM candidate had dragged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal for the alleged omission of his name and the logo of his party from the ballot paper.
Nagogo said in Lafia Monday that he withdrew the petition due to appeals from stakeholders within and outside the state.
“I also considered that this is the first time my zone which is Nasarawa north is getting the governorship seat since the state was created in 1996.
“So, I should not be the one to truncate the opportunity of the zone to produce a governor, hence I withdrew,” Nagogo added.
He explained that he had gone to the tribunal on his own and have decided to withdraw the case in the interest of the entire state.
Nagogo said that he had to allow the general interest supersede his personal interest.
“For the fact that I am not a governor today, I can be someday because the future will still be bright,” he said.
The PDM candidate had over the weekend notified the tribunal of his intention to discontinue his case.
