As struggle for the governorship primary election of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in Nasarawa state intensify, a leading governorship aspirant in Nasarawa State and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Hassan Liman has vowed that he will not step down for any other aspirant if approached by Governor Abdullahi Sule or other stakeholders in the state.
Liman stated this in Lafia, while responding to questions from Journalists on his possible withdrawal from the race like other aspirants who had backed off from the governorship race and declared their full support for Governor Sule’s preferred aspirant, Senator Ahmed Aliyu Wadada.
The Senior Advocate of Nigeria was at the State Headquarters of the APC to meet with the executives of the party on the need to ensure a free, fair and credible primaries on Thursday.
Hassan Liman, explained that, he will ensure that he and his team follow the laid down procedures of the party during the governorship primary election in order to guarantee a peaceful and seamless process.
The legal luminary maintained that governor Sule being a pure democrat, would not prevail on him to step down from the governorship contest, noting that even if the move is made, he would decline.
His words, “Governor Sule is a democrat. I believe that he will not ask anyone to step down. As far as I am concerned, he has said times without number that everyone that has purchased a form has the right to go to contest, and we are going to contest.
“So, the question of stepping down does not arise. I am not stepping down for anyone. No one has approached me to step down, and I am not going to step down because that issue is not even on the table.”
Speaking about the APC ahead of the primaries and general elections, Liman
noted that there is no division in the party.
He said that the Governor has a constitutional right to say whom he prefers as his successor, but that does not mean that there will be no primary election, hence he will not give up on the race.
Umar Muhammed
