‘Accept Tambuwal’s victory or go to court’

A Senior Special Assistant to Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto State, Alhaji Yusuf Dingyadi has advised the state chapter of the All Progressive Congress (APC) to accept the victory of the governor in the last general elections as the will of God.

Dingyadi, who spoke to newsmen in Kaduna, said if the Sokoto APC does not want to accept that then it can go to the election tribunal to challenge the results rather that heating up the polity in the state.

“The leadership of APC in Sokoto state should accept the will of God and the will of the people over the outcome of the supplement elections. The people of Sokoto state had prayed for 10 days, day and night prior to the Election Day for God to intervene. And God accepted the prayers of the people and returned Aminu Waziri Tambuwal for a second term.

“It is incumbent on the APC in Sokoto state to accept the will of God and the will of the people and congratulate the governor rather than raising unnecessary tension in the state,” he said.

Dingyadi said despite the use of what he called “federal might” and thugs by governors from states bordering Sokoto in order to defeat Tambuwal at the supplementary elections, the governor was able to prove that he is the popular choice of the people.

“The use of force during the supplementary elections in Sokoto state was an attack on the good people of our state. Sending almost 10 unit Mobile Police, drafting 250 personnel of the DSS, changing of Garrison Commander of the Nigerian Army, transferring two Commissioners of Police just two days to elections, use of money from governors of neighbouring states could not give them the governorship, because Tambuwal had already depended on God for his victory.

He said Tambuwal’s victory is a divine intervention and it is only God that can decide the fate of the governor not the federal government’s might and not even the APC in Sokoto state. So, APC must stop spreading lies with an intension to tarnish the image of our governor.

“We have won election with a slim margin and we are happy because it shows we did not manipulate the process to our advantage. His victory is a divine intervention and nobody can change the will of God,” he said.