A former governor of Plateau State, Jonah Jang, has condemned the Sunday judgment of the Court of Appeal which nullified the election of Governor Caleb Mutfwang.

In a statement on Thursday, Jang described the verdict as a miscarriage of justice, just as he described as blatant falsehood a report that he had urged Mutfwang to step down for the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Nentawe Yiltwatda, who was favoured by the Court of Appeal’s verdict.

Jang said,”It is absurd that anyone would even imagine that Senator Jang would ever think of advising Governor Caleb Mutfwang, who is raising the bar of governance to a new level, to hand over to a group of vampires whom the people of Plateau have rejected.

“It goes without saying that the APC is bent on taking power through the back door. We believe our God never sleeps nor slumbers and will not allow us to return to Egypt as a state and people. Asking a government that has spent only six months in government and has already surpassed the achievement of Lalong’s APC-led eight-year government to resign is unthinkable.

“Senator Jonah Jang, like other well-meaning lovers of democracy, is at a complete loss as to why the Appeal Court took a decision that contradicts the 2023 Electoral Act and other decided cases by the Supreme Court.

“He believes that the judgment of Sunday, November 18, is a total miscarriage of justice, and as a firm believer in the judiciary, Senator Jang holds the belief that the highest court of the land will reverse this great injustice.”

“While Senator Jang does not support disparaging Their Lordships, as observed in the protest that greeted the previous judgments, we all saw how difficult it was for the judges to justify their positions and how hard they tried to explain their actions due to public outcry.

“Senator Jang calls on the good people of Plateau State to remain peaceful and calm and channel their energies into praying to God. Yahweh will not fail us, and we trust in him alone.”

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