Gov. Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State says he would appeal the majority judgment of the Governorship Elections Petition Tribunal sitting in Lafia that annulled his declaration as the winner of March 18 election.
The governor stated this on Monday in Lafia while reacting to the spilt judgment of the tribunal.
He said that the judgment is a temporary setback that they have to learn from in order to restrategise and come out stronger.
“I still remain the governor till Supreme Court decide otherwise because the law allow me to appeal and we will do that to reclaim our mandate,” Sule said.
The governor called on his supporters to remain calm and not to take laws into their hands by engaging in street protests.
He cautioned the youths and supporters of APC against responding to the opposition, especially on social media.
The tribunal in a split judgment annulled the election of Gov. Abdullahi Sule of All Progressives Congress (APC) and declared Mr David Ombugadu of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the rightful owner of the election.
Recalled that the majority judgment that was read by Justice Ezekiel Ajayi, Chairman of the tribunal.
Justice Chiemelie Onaga, member one of the panel agreed with the judgement read by the panel chairman.
Meanwhile, the only dissenting judgment was delivered by Justice Ibrahim Mashi, who dismissed the petition filed by the PDP candidate and uphold the declaration of the governor by the Independent National Electoral Commission. (NAN).