No sooner had the Supreme Court upheld Sule’s victory than the protesters took to the streets, blocking roads and burning tyres.
By Jeffrey Agbo
Nasarawa State Police Command said it has arrested 38 protesters in Lafia, the capital, for alleged public disturbance over Friday’s Supreme Court judgment which upheld the election of Governor Abdullahi Sule.
The suspects were immediately charged to court and remanded at the Lafia Custodial Centre.
They were charged before the Chief Magistrates’ Court 3 Lafia for the offence.
When the matter was mentioned for hearing by the prosecuting counsel, Danjuma Allu, the Chief Magistrate, Mohammed Lanze, reserved ruling on their bail application to Monday.
Earlier, the defence counsel Illiya Ashokpa applied that the court should grant them bail but his application was turned down.
The protesters comprised five males and 33 females.
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Spokesperson of the Nasarawa State Police Command, DSP Ramhan Nansel, confirmed the arrest and prosecution.
No sooner had the Supreme Court upheld Sule’s victory than the protesters took to the streets, blocking roads and burning tyres.
A five-member panel of justices presided by Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun held that the appeal by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate, David Ombugadu lacked merit.
Meanwhile, Sule said he has no plan to run for any political office after finishing his second tenure as the governor of Nasarawa State.
Sule stated this while speaking on his victory at the Supreme Court during an interview on Channels TV’s Politics Today on Friday.
“I have no dream of becoming even president. I have no dreams for that. I can tell you categorically that Abdullahi Sule would not go for Senate after leaving office,” he said.