- PDP's Senator Jeremiah Useni has accused APC of deceiving people on the state's violence
- He said Governor Lalong is a liar, adding that his policies are quack
- He also promised to present his vice-governor candidate to INEC soon
A former minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Jeremiah Useni, has expressed a strong criticism against the government of Governor Bako Lalong of Plateau state, adding that the governor is a liar with quack policies.
In a report available in The Punch, Useni, a retired general of the Army and the governorship candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), also revealed that the recently conducted local government election in the state was marred by irregularities.
He said: "What is happening is very sad; using your position as a governor to arbitrarily make the wrong announcement, and even went ahead to swear in wrong people secretly at night has gone to show that nothing is right. If they were properly elected, there will be no need swearing them in at night. So, it is very unbecoming of him and it is a disgrace to APC."
The senator representing Plateau South senatorial distinct, while answering calls from the journalists in Jos, also expressed that that he would unveil his running mate on October 18 in line with the guidelines of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
He said: "I will announce my running mate very soon, on or before October 18. Whether we like it or not, it will be October 18, which is the deadline given to us. If I like I can do it on October 17."
The retired general also reacted to the claim by the All Progressives Congress (APC) that PDP was responsible for the violence that ensued after the local government election in the state.
He said: “What do you expect them to say? When President Muhammadu Buhari was here (in March) on an official trip, during the dinner, the governor told him that since he took over everything has been peaceful. And yet, 37 persons were killed in Bokkos that night.
“The governor doesn’t tell the truth at all. Instead of telling the federal government the correct thing, so that the federal government can help us, he keeps on lying. But that will not help.
“If I lose election properly, I won’t cause trouble. I will find out why I lost and try to work towards making progress next time. Isn’t it? To start with, it took him three and half years to organise LG election. Why? He tried to organise LG elections three times but kept postponing it.
“But now that he realised that by February 2019, there will be a general election, he decided to organise the LG election so that he will not be accused of not organising LG election throughout his tenure. Not only that, he decided not to organise the LG election in four LGs saying there was trouble there.
“Now, people are not complaining because elections were not held in all the 17 LGAs. The PDP won in 11 out of the 13 LGs where the election was held. I was told they (APC) only won one, Kanam LGA. I don’t know how they managed to get that.
“The governor went and started announcing that APC won the election. But he decided to swear them in secretly in the night. What was the emergency? Lalong has up till February 2019 to go.
“I want to maintain calmness, because the more trouble we cause, the more backwardness it brings for the state. Look at the people who lost their properties. Is the governor going to replace their property for them? He didn’t care. But that does not mean they should not resist.”
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Meanwhile, NAIJ.com previously reported that Jeremiah Useni, a 75 years old senator had emerged the governorship candidate of the PDP in Plateau for the 2019 general elections.
Useni would face incumbent governor Simon Bako Lalong who bagged the second term ticket of his APC, unopposed.
Useni polled 1018 votes to defeat 12 other candidates at the party’s primaries. His closest rival Johnbull Shekarau got 340 votes.
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