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Plateau PDP flays governor Lalong for disobeying Court judgement on Langtang North LGC
The Plateau State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has accused Governor Simon Lalong and the APC administration for not obeying the court judgement reinstating the chairman of Langtang North LGC Hon. Joshua Laven Ubandoma to complete his remaining one year in office.
The State PDP Legal Adviser Barr. Binchen Jantur while addressing Journalists at the PDP Secretariat, Jos on Monday also accused Lalong for disrespectful for the rule of Law in the state.
Jantur said despite the Justice Kunda Ishaku declarative judgment reinstating the the Langtang Council Chairman, Hon. Joshua Laven Ubandoma who is a member, but Lalong has continued to use his agents and cronies to obstruct the course of justice and forcefully aiding the ousted APC candidate to remain in office as chairman.
He said the Justice Kunda Ishaku judgment granted the applicant five reliefs, and summarily indicated that judgment is declarative, meaning the PDP chairman is restored to his office with immediate effect, without any procedures or protocols associated with executionary judgment.
Jantur said Governor Lalong is wilfully ignoring to create a crisis of legitimacy and identity of leadership in Langtang North and precipitate confusion and possible bloodshed.
Speaking on the same issue, the reinstated chairman of the Langtang North Council, Hon. Joshua Laven Ubandoma, said he is grateful to the Plateau State Police Commissioner, Batholomew Nnamdi Onyeka, who moved quickly to seal the local government council secretariat to avoid a clash of the two parties which may have led to a breakdown of law and order.
“My tenure as the Executive Chairman of Langtang-North is going to expire on the 9th of October, 2023. And the exercise carried out on the 9th October, 2021 as far as i am concern is null and void because there is no law that said you can just declared an Executive office vacant.
“I just want to make some clarification, I have been a law abiding person. I won my election in 2018 with landslide victory out of 18 wards and i won 17 wards but the government went ahead and sworn an imposture who won one ward into office for one year until i approach a court of competent jurisdiction and got my judgment.
This is an Executive office that the Governor, the Attorney General, PLASIEC and the Ministry of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs all know this but they went ahead a advertised the seat of Langtang-North vacant.
“And after the shanty election conducted, the Court said the exercise is null and void, is wast of public resources and gave a declarative judgment that is should to go back to my office because there is was and still no vacancy.
“This was a declarative judgment because I don’t need a Governor to swore me in because I have an oath of office already for three years which has not finished,”.
He stated that in the event that anything happened in Langtang-North, the Plateau State Government should be held responsible. “If anything happen in Langtang-North, any outbreak of law and order the government should be hold accountable. Because the Government are the ones inciting the Taroh nation to fight each other and i don’t think is going to be possible,” says Laven.
He expressed shocked over the position of he Attorney General of the State even when he exhausted various options for settlements and to no avail before the case waa taken to Court.
“I have been peaceful in pursuing my mandate up to now. So, today for the Attorney General to come say that the judgment is not binding on them is laughable. Motion on notice does not means stay, appeal that i have not been served appeal till date, and i have to go back to my office as stated in the judgment without any wast of time!”
He said the cabal are bend on throwing the peaceful Council area into crisis, “On the 3rd November, 2021 I went to my office and continue with my work. They are now threatening me with criminal trespass, in between me and them who should be charged with criminal trespass?
“where an impostor occupied my office illegally, i came and went into my office without any hindrances. And i must commend the Nigeria Police, the new CP has actually save bloodbath in Langtang North orchestrated by the government themselves.”
Also the PDP state chairman, Hon. Chris Hassan, said it is regrettable that, as a lawyer, the governor has embraced impunity and is conducting himself like a bull in a China Shop.
Hassan recalled that Lalong is orchestrating this breach of the law and desperation in Langtang North less two weeks after he sponsored seven members of the State House of Assembly to commit an illegality in the name of impeaching the Speaker.
He said the PDP will continue to explore the instrumentality of the law against the brazen desperation and lack of direction of the Lalong administration.
Senator representing Kogi East Senatorial District, Jibrin Isah Echocho, has congratulated Muslim faithful for the successful completion of this year Ramadan fast, urging them to celebrate the Sallah in love, and unity across our communities.
Echocho in a statement madeavailable to CAPITALPOST in Lokoja o Sunday, described the Ramadan period as stressful, but deserving, because it is the only period for spiritual reflection on abstinence from immorality, sincere sacrifice and supplications to Allah.
He added that, Ramadan symbolises Allah’s way of teaching humanity on virtuous living, where people keep away from all forms of comfort to appreciate what the less privileged experience and deprivation they suffers daily.
He task Muslims to extend the lessons of Ramadan to the way we live with our neighbours.
“Let’s seek peace at all times and promote unity of purpose in our society” the Lawmaker demanded.
“May the celebration brings sustainable peace to our homes, my district, Kogi State and Nigeria, he concluded.
The President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio has commended Senator Basheer Lado, for redefining the Office of the Special Adviser to the President on Senate Matters, stating that, for the first time in a long while, the office is fully meeting its expectations.
Speaking during his visit to the office of the Special Adviser to the President on Senate Matters accompanied by distinguished senators, Akpabio described the visit as a significant step in strengthening Executive-Legislative relations.
He praised the Special Adviser and his team for maintaining the confidentiality of communications between the President and Senate, and also, ensuring a seamless flow of information. He further emphasized that the office is now more result-oriented.
Additionally, he acknowledged the office’s diligent efforts in tracking all Bills passed by the Senate and assented to by the President, underscoring its critical role in legislative efficiency.
Expressing his satisfaction, Akpabio noted that he and the Senate delegation were proud of the office’s achievements and looked forward to sustaining the existing cordial and productive relationship between the Executive and the Legislature throughout the administration.
In recognition of his exemplary leadership, Senator Lado presented an Award of Excellence to Senator Akpabio.
In his remarks, Senator Lado reaffirmed his commitment to fostering a harmonious working relationship between the Executive and the Legislature. He lauded Akpabio for his unwavering dedication to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda—defending it with clarity, articulating it with passion, and advancing it through legislative action.
Ahead of the 2025 political party Congresses, Plateau State Chapter of the Labour Party (LP) stakeholders has endorsed the defection of the candidate of the party in the 2023 general elections and the leader of Justice and Rebirth, Barr Gyang Zi SAN, to the All Progressive Congress (APC) with the view to key into the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Bola Tinubu.
They made the call in a communique issued at the end of the enlarge meeting of the stakeholders from Plateau North senatorial zone at the residence of Barr. Gyang Zi in Rayfield Jos.
The communique which was jointly signed by Dr. Ayiki Sati Director General, Justice and Rebirth and
Barr. Samuel Galadima- 2024 Chairmanship candidate of Jos East LGA among others said the call became imperative on the sideline of the leadership tussle at the National Level which violates the core principles and values for the formation of the Party as an alternative for Nigeria for the protection, sustenance of democracy and Social Justice.
They regretted that the leadership tussle has also divided the party into factions leaving party loyalists and supporters in the state of despondency and confusion not knowing where they belong.
Our correspondent reports that the gathering included LP candidates from the 2023/2024 general elections, party executives, and support groups from the six local government areas of the Northern Senatorial District.
Besides, the focus of the discussions was centered on the state of the Labour Party at both national and state levels and the need for political realignment ahead of the 2025 party congresses and conventions.
The stakeholders further frowned at the structural weaknesses in LP and resolved to advise Barr Gyang Zi, to leave the party and join the APC while expressing confidence that the APC would provide him with a platform to advance good governance in the state .
The communique also emphasized the importance of political consultations, particularly with APC leaders at both state and national levels. It called for collaboration with Plateau State APC leaders, including Minister of Humanitarian Affairs Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda Goshwe, Sen. Simon Bako Lalong, Sen. Diket Plang, and other party officials.
According to the communique, supporters of Barr Gyang Zi also pledged to mobilize grassroots support for the APC, stating that their leader’s defection would strengthen the party in the state.
They urged the APC leadership to formally receive Gyang Zi and his supporters into the party, marking their official transition from the Labour Party.
Stakeholders also reiterated the need for inclusive governance, ensuring that youths, women, and less privileged individuals are sidelined in the democratic process and accordingly officially denounced their membership in the Labour Party, declaring their support for the APC.
They assured that all LP structures aligned with Gyang Zi would follow suit, shifting their loyalty to the ruling party in the state and at the National level.
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