The Nasarawa state Governor Abdullahi Sule has retained Dr. Emmanuel Agbadu Akabe as his running mate in the 2023 governorship election.
He described the deputy governor as a professional, who is loyal and very honest, and therefore, “We will swim together.”
A statement by the governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Ibrahim Addra, and made available to newsmen on Wednesday in Lafia, quoted the governor as announcing the choice of Akabe during a courtesy call by leaders of the Alago nation to the governor.
Governor Sule then charged the Alago nation whom he said is blessed, to stay with the All Progressives Congress and to support the party at all times.
The statement added that highlight of the event were the formal presentation of the nomination form to Dr. Emmanuel Akabe in the presence of the chairman of the State Working Committee of the APC, Dr. John D.W Mamman and other members of the committee.