YOBE GOV POLL: PDP candidate avoids ‘court uncertainties’, congratulates gov-elect

The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Yobe State, Amb. Umar Iliya Damagum, has discarded the possibility of going to court to challenge the election of governor elect, Hon Mai Mala Buni of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on his victory.

Damagum, who spoke shortly after a PDP stakeholders meeting that reviewed the outcome of the general elections, said he could not delve into uncertainties by going to court even though he nursed reservations about the conduct of the election.

He noted that he accepted the result as the will of God.

He said, “Even though, there are so many things that have bedevilled the elections but winner has been announced. We have no option but accept the will of God and move forward to do what is important for me and my supporters.

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“I congratulated him (Mai Mala) and call on him to look at Yobe as his entire constituency, knowing that God has given him this opportunity that every other person living in Yobe is his responsibility. So, he should be just and I wish him all the best,” he added.

“I had a good running battle but with what is happening in the country and the judiciary itself, I don’t think I would go into an uncertain venture,’’ he said.

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