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| Ubandoma addressing supporters |
Langtang North: Ubandoma vows to
recover stolen mandate
By Dickson Gupiya
October 23, 2018
The alleged
winner of Langtang North Local Government chairmanship position under the
platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the just concluded Local Government polls
in Plateau state, Hon. Ubandoma Joshua Laven has vowed to do everything
humanly possible within the ambit of the law to ensure he recovers his stolen
mandate which the people gave him in a free, fair and peaceful electoral
process.
He pointed
out that it was very disheartening to note that the mandate given to him by the
good people of Langtang north was brazenly subverted as the chairmanship
candidate of the APC Nanloh Amos Kparnim, was declared as the winner of the
election by PLASIEC.
Ubandoma
said the development was totally unacceptable and a complete rape on democracy
and its processes saying he will go to tribunal to seek for redress of the
injustice melted on him and the good people of Langtang north.
The PDP
chairmanship candidate who made his position known in a press statement issued
to newsmen in Jos further argued that it was regrettable that governor Simon
Lalong who is a direct beneficiary of a free and fair democratic process in
2015 decided to ignore the court injunction of the Federal High Court in Jos,
restraining him from swearing-in the loser and engaged himself in an ambiguous
adventure.
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Our
correspondent recalled that following the outcry that trailed the local
government polls in the state, governor Simon Lalong had through the state
commissioner for information and communication Hon. Yakubu Dati appeal to any
aggrieved party to go to the tribunal to seek for redress instead of taking the
law into their hands to cause any breach of peace in the state.
According to
him, "To us, this is abuse of office with impunity by the governor. I want
to use this medium to urge my people not to be drawn into any theater of war as
a result of the declaration of the loser as winner. It will be pitching
brothers against brothers or families against families. Let us not give the
enemy the opportunity to snuff lives out of our people as it is well known that
the Tarok people are peace-loving."
Stressing
further, he said “Plateau is already suffering from an unprecedented security
challenges. So anything that would aggravate this present situation is not
welcome. Let's all remain peaceful and await the final arbiter, the
judiciary."
He stated that
the PDP won in 17 out of the 18 wards in the chairmanship election in Langtang
North LGA while the All Progressives Congress (APC), won one ward adding that
for the councillorship election, PDP won in 15 wards, while APC won in three
wards.
According to
him, at the final collation centre in the LG headquarters, the returning
Officers from Plateau State Independent Electoral Commission (PLASIEC)
disappear and were not on ground to collate and announce the final results,
thus leading to what was earlier announced as inconclusive election in Langtang
North by PLASIEC.
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| supporters of Ubandoma |
Ubandoma
considered the development as an electoral collusion for an electoral umpire to
say a process was inconclusive and in less than 96 hours, the same umpire came
with an announcement of a winner in the same inconclusive election. “This
development has created a serious concern on our moral conscience and the
survival of our democracy". The statement added.
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