Supreme Court Judgment Validates Mutfwang’s Election – Jang

Plateau former Governor Senator Jonah Jang has Commended this Friday’s Supreme Court judgement affirming Governor Caleb Mutfwang as the duly elected Governor of Plateau state

Senator Jang in a Press statement issued through his media aide Clinton Garba and made available to Daily Independent in Jos on Friday, said “Surely, it is because of God’s mercy that He has allowed us to witness the good news today”.

“Indeed, the governor’s victory at the Supreme Court is a victory for democracy and against the wishes of anti-democratic forces.”

“We recall with sadness how anti-democratic forces tried as much as possible to manipulate the will of the people without success”

Jang said “We must thank the justices for upholding the Rule of Law thereby affirming the long-held belief that the judiciary is the last hope of the common man. We thank them for not allowing themselves to be manipulated because we are aware that the same forces of darkness, in their usual manner, had wanted to thwart the mandate of the people, plunge the state into disarray and set us years backwards. But we thank God because that evil intention was not allowed to stand as the voice of the people is the voice of God “

The Plateau former Governor thanked the Plateau people for their vigilance and for trooping out in their hundreds and thousands in condemnation and resistance after the miscarriage of justice by the Court of Appeal.

They all came out to lend their voice against the injustice. We salute your resilience.

“We thank the press for escalating the voice of the people against evil manipulation and injustice and for standing for what is right”.

He thanked President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for not interfering in the judicial process despite the pressure from the same forces of darkness.

“We take this opportunity again to express our gratitude to Mr President for his concern in the affairs of Plateau state. The people are indeed grateful and want him to do more on the issue of genocidal war that has been declared on the state and its people by the same forces of darkness who are hell-bent on appropriating, albeit forcefully, our God-given heritage .”

Jang added that as sad as it is, the damage that has been done to Plateau by the miscarriage of justice at the Court of Appeal is in great proportion because the kind of judgment that was delivered by the lower court has robbed the people their rightful representation both at the state and the National Assembly, saying, all hope is not lost.

“The good people of Plateau state through the government of Plateau state and the Peoples Democratic Party have already petitioned the National Judicial Council to review all the judgements involving Plateau state that were delivered by the Court of Appeal which effectively stopped those that have been elected to the national and the state houses of Assembly from representing their constituencies”

Jang said With the Supreme Court judgement, it has become an abnormality for them to remain as legislators when they could not win elections at the poll, saying this should not be allowed to stand.

“The authorities must give back to the people their true representatives and restore their mandate ” Jang pleaded.

“We will continue to support the government of Governor Caleb Mutfwang, who in his only eight months of stay, has done what the previous administration under former Governor Simon Lalong could not accomplish in eight years. This is quite historic for the People of Plateau state”.

Plateau’s former Governor called on the good people of Plateau state to stand very united and strong because at the end of the day, they are going to come out victorious and their God-given heritage will stay, the dignity of Plateau man will be upheld and development will be scattered all around Plateau state as the Government of Governor Caleb Mutfwang has shown manifest commitment in these regards.

Jang urged Governor Mutfwang to continue in good works on the Plateau.