By Mohammed Nasir Shuaibu (Bauchi State Correspondent)
Sacked Bauchi State House of Speaker, Abubakar Y Suleiman, has expressed optimism that he would win the rerun elections in 10 polling units in his Constituency which was ordered by the Appeal Court.
Besides, the Speaker calls for calm among his teaming supporters in his constuency and Ningi local government area council in general and the state at large.
This Followed the Court of Appeal ruling in Abuja on Monday which 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 and ordered rerun in ten polling units. The Speaker, however, urged his supporters and all the people of his Constituency to remain calm.
He said that although the judgement is unfavourable, but as a Muslim, he believes in all faiths, thus he accepts the judgement in good faith.
While describing the judgement as anminor political setback which is not new in his political career, the Speaker said that he is ever ready for the re-run election to add to the almost two thousand votes margin he gave his opponent.
Rt. Hon. Abubakar Y Suleiman states that the support and solidarity he has been enjoying in Ningi Constituency remains intact and no amount of effort to pull him down will succeed. He adds that conducting a re-run 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 the dividends of democracy to the people of Ningi Central Constituency, no matter how some elements keep trying to pull him down. NNL.
