Exposed: How Former Gov Dariye Is Ruling Plateau From Prison – Fulani Leader
Yakubu Busari
The National President Jonde Jam Fulani Youths Association of Nigeria ,Alh Saidu Maikano Adamu has said ,the former Governor of Plateau State ,Sen. Joshua Chibe Dariye is still the one ruling the state from Kuje prison ,as Governor Simon Bako Lalong remains a rubber stamp who take decision from his former boss.
Maikano disclosed this in an exclusive interview with our correspondent at his residence in Mista Ali of Bassa Local Government Council on Sunday morning.
He accused Governor Simon Lalong of allowing Dariye to function in key decision of authority especially on appointment of commissioners and portfolios that are given to them.
The Fulani leader told our medium that Joshua Dariye in 1999 brought crisis to Plateau state and refused that Bokkos LGA should not be involve in the ongoing crisis then but he allowed crisis to spread across the 16 LGAs .
According to him ,the three major pioneers of crisis in Plateau state are Former Joshua Dariye ,Sen. Jonah David Jang and Governor Simon Lalong ,all of these people are pretending but they always instigate conflicts because In 2006 the ,then Deputy Senate President Ibrahim Nasiru Mantu imposed a state of emergency into the government of Dariye but when they invited Rt Hon Simon Bako Lalong to affirm it he vehemently refused .
However, then the former EFCC boss Nuhu Rubado has to invite Lalong to Abuja and locked them up and Mike Dapialong took over, so Lalong is still loyal to Dariye against the oath he took to rule the people of Plateau state without being bias, he explained.
We gave him this mandate in 2015 believing that he would provide conducive atmosphere to our people to contribute to the development of the state but reverse is the case here, what we are seeing now is total discrimination and failure to deliver on his campaign promises to the Muslim community.
Saidu Maikano told our correspondent that Lalong didn’t value us Fulani ,we assemble all Ardos for him in 2015 and we all agreed to vote him but he didn’t carry us along ,what we are asking for is not issue of religion but an opportunity for our children to go to school and acquire knowledge .
He maintained that their people can take advantage of nomadic education and on Saturday and Sundays and can use it to study Arabic because out of 86 nomadic educations established by Professor Marry Lar and Dr. Jibrin Aminu we now have less than 20 now.
Lalong keep lying and he is pretending to be a peace maker which is not true ,but if you have two wives and you’re not paying school fees of the second wife what do you want her to do ,? That is the situation we found ourselves in Plateau state, he added.
Maikano reiterated that some are saying that he gave them 30 cows to be shared across the 17 LGAs , when one person have lost over 100 cows to the crisis .
He blasted some Fulani leaders whom he called war contractors, they go about listening to lies while thousands of their members are wallowing in abject poverty and frustration under the present leadership of APC of Lalong .
Saidu Maikano cautioned herders that, “don’t give Lalong the trust, Berom are after our lives they killed us so we are calling on federal government to set up committee to visit the state and see for themselves what is going.
He pointed out that they chased us away, blocked all the cattle routes in Plateau state and since he won he has abandoned us.
Saidu stated that in 2019 election, we all agreed not to vote him but Mrs Pauline Tallen came to beg us even when they were counting votes PDP was leading and immediately Jos North LGA came and change the narratives.
He stressed that the problems of lingering crisis in Plateau state has do with political injustice of Dariye ,Jang, and Lalong including indigene and non-indigene dichotomy where Muslims are completely relegated at background of politics which is politics exclusion.
Saidu noted that what is going to bring peaceful existence is for Hausa-Fulani to be recognized and given the chiefdom or first class Emir, which we can achieve it through media not by violent attack on innocent people.
Maikano said in the last presidential election where President Muhammadu Buhari lost in Plateau state is an indication Lalong didn’t campaign for him.
