Redeem Yourself At Gov Polls – PDP’s Jonah Jang To INEC

A member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Board of Trustees, Jonah Jang, has told the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to use the opportunity of the forthcoming governorship and state house of assembly elections to redeem itself.

According to him, all election stakeholders, including INEC and security agencies, should do the needful to avoid a repeat of the shortcomings of the presidential and national assembly polls.

Jang, who is a former governor of Plateau State, had taken a swipe at the electoral body over the conduct of last Saturday’s polls.

Naija News learnt that he told INEC to use this coming opportunity to redeem itself from the generally poor perception Nigerians hold about the commission.

The PDP chieftain, in a statement, remarked that the alleged manipulated presidential poll should be a propelling force for everyone in the party to do what is right to put all candidates on a winning streak.

He, therefore, urged all PDP members to close ranks, shelve all differences, and pursue the election as a common front.

He stated that “We should not allow our emotions to overtake our sense of purpose at this time; the successes achieved in the past election must be the driving force for more outstanding achievements in the forthcoming polls, which are indeed local.

“Having secured 5 out of 8 House of Representatives positions and 2 Senate positions already in the kitty, with a third on the horizon in Plateau State, we should be working hard to install a governor and a house of the assembly who will join hands to stand for the interests of our dear state.

“The pains and lessons of the past eight years, where we had the APC in government both in Plateau and at the national level but have had no benefit, are instructive.

“The outcome of the presidential polls has shown where the leanings of Plateau people are; an APC government in the state is a subscription to further neglect, as experienced in the last eight years.

“Let’s not forget that the last eight years brought us untold hardship; we were almost robbed of our identity.

“Forces alien to us took control and nearly destroyed everything we stood for, all in an attempt to curry personal favour from the government at the centre; we cannot afford to endure another eight years of total misrule; we must resist those who attempt to coerce our mind into believing that we are second-class people.

“The time to act is now! The decision to build a virile plateau where unending peace reigns are ours to make. “We must not sit on the fence; we must defend our heritage, not just for ourselves but for our children and the oncoming generations.”

He also appealed to the supporters of the Labour Party aka Obidients, not to lose faith but to join hands with the PDP to redeem the plateau and insulate it by voting for the PDP.