Jos Celebrates Mutfwang’s Supreme Court Victory in Plateau Elections

From Tongnaan Bawa, Jos

Following the pronouncement of Governor Caleb Mutfwang as the winner of the March 18th 2023 gubernatorial election by the Supreme Court in Abuja, Jos The Plateau State capital has been thrown into  jubilation by PDP supporters.

Many traders abandoned their business to dance in celebrating his victory.

For Barr. Ado Ali  Katyen, Plateau state needs a leader like Mutfwang to move the state forward by uniting the citizens to fight the common enemies that do not like the progress of the state, he called for all to join hands by supporting the Governor to rebuild the state.

Dogo Nanzing ascribed the victory to the people of Plateau and said he is so excited that the judgement has come to an end and Mutfwang can now settle down and concentrate to do what he had promised to do for the progress of the state.

From the members of the People Democratic Party, PDP, tricycle operators, to market women, they were seen hugging one another, celebrating the news.

Reacting to the development, a market woman, Talatu Iliya said, “I am very happy that my time under the sun to vote for for governor Mutfwang was not wasted.”

However, a former Governor, Jonah Jang said he gives God glory as his mercy has made him witness the day.

A statement issued by his Media Consultant, Clinton Garba noted, “Indeed, the governor’s victory at the Supreme Court is a victory for democracy and against the wishes of anti-democratic forces. We recall with sadness how anti-democratic forces tried as much as possible to manipulate the will of the people without success

“We must thank the justices for upholding the Rule of Law thereby affirming the long-held belief that the judiciary is the last hope of the common man. We thank them for not allowing themselves to be manipulated because we are aware that the same forces of darkness, in their usual manner, had wanted to thwart the mandate of the people, plunge the state into disarray and set us years backwards. But we thank God because that evil intention was not allowed to stand as the voice of the people is the voice of God.

“We thank Plateau people for their vigilance; for trooping out in their hundreds and thousands in condemnation and resistance after the miscarriage of justice by the Court of Appeal. They all came out to lend their voice against injustice. We salute your resilience. We thank the press for escalating the voice of the people against evil manipulation and injustice and for standing for what is right.

“We especially thank Mr President, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for not interfering in the judicial process despite the pressure from the same forces of darkness. We take this opportunity again to express our gratitude to Mr President for his concern in the affairs of Plateau state. The people are indeed grateful and want him to do more on the issue of genocidal war that has been declared on the state and its people by the same forces of darkness who are hell-bent on  appropriating, albeit forcefully, our God-given heritage.”

He added, “As sad as it is, the damage that has been done to Plateau by the miscarriage of justice at the Court of Appeal is in great proportion because the kind of judgment that was delivered by the lower court has robbed the people their rightful representation both at the state and the National Assembly. But all hope is not lost.

“The good people of Plateau state through the government of Plateau state and the Peoples Democratic Party have already petitioned the National Judicial Council to review all  the judgements involving Plateau state  that were delivered by the Court of Appeal which effectively stopped those that have been elected to the national and the state houses of Assembly from representing their constituencies

“With the Supreme Court judgement, it has become an abnormality for them to remain as legislators when they could not win elections at the poll, this should not be allowed to stand. The authorities must give back to the people their true representatives and restore their mandate. We will continue to support the government of Governor Caleb Mutfwang, who in his only eight months of stay, has done what the previous administration under former Governor Simon Lalong could not accomplish in eight years. This is quite historic for the People of Plateau state.

“We, therefore, call on the good people of Plateau state to stand very united and strong because at the end of the day, we are going to come out victorious and our God-given heritage will stay, the dignity of Plateau man will be upheld and development will be scattered all around Plateau state as the Government of Governor Caleb Mutfwang has shown manifest commitment in these regards. We hope he will continue in that light.”