Before the March 18 governorship election, Godwin Alaku, the African Democratic Congress’ candidate in Nasarawa State, resigned in favor of Abdullahi Sule, the APC’s candidate and the current Governor of the state.
Alaku made this announcement during a press conference on Wednesday at the Nigeria Union of Journalists Press Center in Lafia.
He claims that in order for people living in the state to continue to benefit from the benefits of democracy, the ADC as a party in the state opted to back Governor Sule’s ambition for a second term.
He said, “We have come to the realistic conclusions that the incumbent governor, Engr AA Sule, has done well since coming into office as the governor of the state from 2019.
“In view of that, I, Hon. Godwin Williams Alaku, have decided to step down as the gubernatorial candidate of the ADC party in Nasarawa State and do hereby plead with all our teeming members of the ADC to come out en masse to vote for Engr AA. Sule of the APC come this Saturday.
“Nasarawa State has been tested in terms of security, economy and transparency in governance, in all of this, Engr. AA Sule has done tremendously well and therefore should be allowed to be in office for the second term.
“This will allow the governor to build on the solid foundation already laid in the last three years.”
The ADC candidate urged voters in the state not to cast their ballots based on their religion or ethnicity, while also calling for peaceful conduct during the House of Assembly and Governorship elections on Saturday.
