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Yiljap Fires back, says Dati is desperate while Lalong
and the APC are afraid of shadow of Jang
By Udanta Ugante
January 10, 2019
A Chieftain of the
main opposition party in Plateau State, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and
former Commissioner of Information, Hon. Abraham Yiljap (JP) has hit back at
the Plateau State government and the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) in
the state.
Yakubu Dati, the
current Commissioner of Information and Culture while reacting to a statement
credited to Former Governor Jonah David Jang, now a Senator of the Federal
Republic today said among other things during the Plateau state PDP campaign
flag-off in Mangu last Tuesday that his tenure as a governor was one of the
worst in the history of the state.
However, in his
response, Yiljap, in a statement described Dati as a person who is desperate
stressing that both Governor Simon Lalong and the APC were restless anytime
they see or hear Jang.
According to
Yiljap, “they are restless anytime they see or hear Jang. It is impressive that
for the entire crowd gathered in Mangu, and all the speeches delivered by
scores of great Plateau personalities, only Jang's utterances will unsettle and
tickle Dati, Lalong and APC. That's nice, really!
“It shows
that even when Lalong sees Jang's shadow anywhere he will panic and call out
his attack dogs to howl”.
Yiljap
stated that Jang appeared to be the APC's real nightmare in Plateau adding that
the former Governor is Lalong's big, unhealed headache.
He added that by Jang's name, Dati will keep
eating from Lalong's table because according to him, Dati needed the good meal - just for four
more months!
Yiljap
further stated, “Lalong has every reason to hunt Jang. I have often said it is
terribly unfair to compare Lalong with Jang. You can only contrast them. They
are absolutely apart in basic orientation, philosophical convictions and development
outlook. Lalong is so very unlike Jang. And his time is already up.
“He works in
the office Jang built. He drives on the roads that Jang constructed. Even in
his native Shendam, he is confronted only by the Jang projects. And Dati thinks
he can hack down this social engineer? Come off it Dati!
“Lalong is
seeking relevance in His 'legacy projects'. Jang didn't have to start 'Me-Also-I-was-here'
projects. Jang simply poured his heart out - and Plateau is the better for it.
This is what Plateau people cherish and appreciate everywhere they see Jang.
“And
Lalong's disastrous outing; his pledge of misplaced allegiance to a Buhari who
is clearly anti-Plateau heritage and Dati' s disrespectful reference to Jang as
'rude' will continue to haunt Lalong while he desperately but fruitlessly
continues to hunt Jang.”
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