‘I’ll not withdraw from Taraba North Senate race’ – Bandawaire

The All Progressives Congress (APC) senatorial campaigner for Taraba North, Kabiru Bello Bandawaire, has dismissed reports claiming helium has been replaced arsenic the party’s candidate, insisting that helium remains the duly nominated emblem bearer and volition not retreat from the race.

Speaking on Saturday in Jalingo, Taraba State, Bandawaire said helium had nary volition of stepping speech for immoderate individual, maintaining that helium was validly elected and recognised by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

He described media reports alleging that the APC had substituted his sanction with that of the incumbent senator, Shuibu Isa Lau, arsenic mendacious and misleading.

“I volition not retreat from the senatorial contention to correspond Taraba North Senatorial District. I americium the campaigner and volition not measurement speech for immoderate individual.

“I cannot merchantability retired the mandate fixed to maine by the people. I americium not alert of immoderate replacement, and the enactment has not communicated specified a determination to me,” Bandawaire said.

The APC campaigner argued that the Electoral Act provides a wide process for the substitution of candidates, stressing that a duly nominated campaigner tin lone beryllium replaced aft voluntarily withdrawing from the contest.

According to him, he...