Plateau PDP Intelligent Group has berated former governor of the state, Senator Jona Jang for openly faulting the decision of G-5 Governors, that equity and justice prevail and that both presidential candidate and chairman of the party should not be held by northerners.
The group stated this in a letter to Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike asking that he be circumspect in dealing with Jang as a member or supporter of the group.
In the letter entitled: ‘Jonah Jang Still Playing Double Game at Old Age’ and signed by its Coordinator, Clinton Bagat, the group excoriated Jang for betraying the stance of the G-5 governors led by Governor Wike not to support the PDP presidential aspirant, Atiku Abubakar until the chairmanship position of the party is zoned to the South.
The group recalled that Plateau State Governor, Simon Lalong in justifying why he chose to support the APC presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, had at a campaign rally in Wase LGA of the state, drew the attention of the people to the principle Wike was fighting for, and what the G-5 governors who are not even of the APC are doing to ensure power shifts from the North to the South.
“But to the shock of many, Jang took umbrage at this popular acclamation and in a gasping epiphany, revealed that he is not in support of that acclamation and that he is in bed with the same forces you are up against. In total betrayal of your celebrated stand on national cohesion and integration, Jang issued a statement countering Lalong, telling the world point blankly that he is not with you in your bid to restore equity and justice in the polity and that he is one hundred percent for Atiku Abubakar, Iyorchia Ayu and Aminu Tambuwal who threw you under the bus to achieve their selfish aims.
“For adumbrating on what you and the G-5 stand for, Jang became angry and took it personal with Lalong calling him all sorts of names and worst of all, exposed himself as not worthy of the trust and respect you have accorded him. Jang has managed to pretend that he is with you in the cause to restore justice and equity to the PDP when he travels out of Plateau State, but does a different thing when he is in the state.
“Instead of staying the course of the G-5 position which he pretends to support at the national level and on national television, the former governor is singing a different tune in Plateau State, in a classical case of double speak.
We crave your understanding to communicate to you in this manner hoping you’ll agree with us that it is imperative due to the urgency required in drawing your attention to a brazen case of betrayal in your fold by former governor Jonah Jang,”the group alleged.