The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) in Nasarawa have submitted a petition to the State Election Petition Tribunal 2023, challenging the re-election of Governor Abdullahi Sule of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
As of now, there are 18 petitions filed before the tribunal, which is based in Lafia, the state capital. The petitions are divided into governorship (2), Senate (2), House of Representatives (5), and state assembly elections (9).
According to a document obtained by Daily Trust, Mr. David Ombugadu and the PDP are contesting the declaration of Governor Abdullahi Sule and the APC as winners of the March 18 governorship election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in petition EPT/NS/Gov/01/2023, dated April 7. The NNPP, in petition EPT/NS/Gov/02/2023, dated April 9, is also challenging the declaration of Governor Sule, his deputy Dr. Emmanuel Akabe, and the APC as victors in the recent governorship election by INEC.
Notable petitioners include Musa Dogara Danjuma of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM), challenging Jonathan Gaza Gbepwi of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the February 25 National Assembly poll, and Bunu Yahaya Usman of the PDP, contesting Nalaraba Abubakar Hassan of the APC in the same election.
