Yakubu Busari
The Former Member of Jos North /Bassa Federal Constituency in Plateau State ,Hon.Lumumba Adah Adeh has called for unity and oneness amongst the All Progressive Congress ,(APC) Plateau State chapter
He frowned that APC should not allow crises of few interest group to create problem ,the state Exco should not allow themselves to play into the gallery of the Former Governor Simon Bako Lalong instruction to suspend some prominent leaders in state .
Lumumba stated this in an exclusive interview at his residence,Rukuba road ,ECWA Blue zinc of Jos North local Government Council.
He said that they were penciled down for the suspension as APC leaders in Plateau State who recently paid a solidarity visit on a prominent leader of our party in North Central Nigeria, Dr. George Akume, on his appointment as Secretary to the Government of the Federation.
According to him , the following personalities that supported the ,President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu,Chief Amos Gizo, Dame Pauline Tallen, Alhaji Dasuki Nakande, Alphonsus Komsol, Lumumba Adeh,
The solidarity visit SGF ,Akume include Chief Amos Gizo; Dame Pauline Tallen; Hon.Alphonsus Komsol; Hon.Lumumba Adeh; Alh Dasuki I. Nakande; Sen Prof Nora Dadut ,Chief Joshua Chibe Dariye ,Hezekiah Dimka ,David Dimka ,Silas.
He explained further that ,” I will not say that APC is any stage of scumble but rather our letter address and copy to the national and state chapter was to help the party particularly the leadership to avoid the party been plunge into deep unnecessary crises .
The advertorial published in some of the national dailies was to called on the attention of the APC leadership over the happening in Plateau state that was the main issue because some of us as APC leaders residents in Abuja decided to pay a solidarity visit to the SGF ,as north-central leaders which then Benue/Plateau he is one of us whom we have work with him closely that was the reason why we quickly reach out to go and congratulate him .
Lumumba Adah lamented that what surprised him was the moment some their pictures hit internet shortly after the visit that went viral different stories started emanating from former Governor Simon Lalong who was not happy with the development.
He condemned the unwarranted attack on them by Lalong who also was eyeing the office and he couldn’t get that office so he can’t turn Plateau APC against the SGF by frowning that their visit to recognize him as a family member was wrong.
Adah stressed that “we got the message that some of us who are in that visit was penciled down with phantom of allegations in our respective LGAs that can consequently suspend us without any fault.
I am calling on our party leadership to exercise caution in taking any drastic decision given the fact that the party is at the tribunal hopeful to reclaim back her mandate of the victory won at the poll,” he said.
He disclosed that this is the time for the party to sit together and reconcile with all aggrieved members in various factional group interests towards healing the wounds arising from what led us to lose election and we go to the tribunal to unify and then claim the victory.
