Yakubu Busari
The Commissioner for Urban Development & Housing Plateau State, Hon. Ubandoma Joshua Laven has urged the All Progressives Congress,(APC) to stop spreading the falsehood that the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) didn’t conduct Congress to participate in the 2023 general elections in Nigeria.
According to him, “I came to court, to say the truth nothing but the truth about our party PDP, because the rumoured being peddled against us by the opposition are all lies that we didn’t conduct primaries, and we are not qualified to participate in the last poll 2023”.
He said that the Ex-Governor of Plateau State Rt.Hon.Simon Bako Lalong will never forget in hurry for fighting me to a standstill through the instrumentality of the law without resulting in self-help or jungle Justice.
Hon. Ubandoma who was the immediate past Executive Chairman of Langtang North LGC during the 8 years Lalong held sway of defeat impunity and power recklessness of Governor Lalong in Court for Fifteen time at different times.
He revealed that the Plateau South Senatorial election was Simon Bako Lalong of the All-Progressives Congress APC, challenging Sen. Napoleon Bail of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP declaration is baseless because the wide gap of results declared isn’t contestable.
“I had 16 cases against the state Government of Governor Bako Lalong, which I won 15, I didn’t know any judge I have not met with any of them one on one, so if your case is good, is good,” he maintained.”
The stalwart of PDP, testified before a three-man panel led by Honourable Justice Mohammed Tukur reiterated his hope on the judiciary which is never in doubt.
He further said his coming to testify in favour of PDP, is to put an end to the false and erroneous claim by the opposition parties in the state that PDP has no structure at the time the party participated in the 2023 general election that produced the 2nd Respondent Napoleon Bali as the winner of the election plateau South Senatorial Election.
“I come to court, to say the truth nothing but the truth about our party PDP, because of the rumours being peddled against us PDP. All the lies that we didn’t conduct primaries, and we are not qualified to participate in the last election 2023”.
“That is why l have to come to court to testify on the matter. We have our structure before the state Congress, even though Edward Pwajok SAN, who is at the camp of APC now, was at that time in the camp of PDP, in fact, he was among the leading lawyers that advised the party to obey the court ruling and conduct the party’s repeated Congress held 25th September 2022 at landfield resort.
As a Stakeholder of the party, who had been following the election tribunal from the pre-hearing section till this moment, and a full beneficiary of the judiciary’s benevolence, I still believe that the judiciary is the last hope of the common man.
He further lauded the way and manner the tribunal is conducting its seating with all the parties given a fair hearing coupled with the experiences of the judges, I most Commend the judges for the industries they have put on the matters so far. I know that at the end of the day, Justice will be served according to the law which is my belief that nobody can induce the judges.
Ubandoma stressed that the first ground of APC against PDP is that the party has no structure, but said that argument has been overtaken by the 2022 electoral Act, which states that you can’t meddle in the affairs of another party because what transpired in their party is an internal affair. So, whether PDP didn’t Conduct primaries or not, remains the internal business of the party.
The Napoleon Bail of PDP, and Lalong of the APC Plateau South Senatorial Election the APC are challenging on the ground of party structure, at the time of the election the party used special delegates Ad-hoc delegates not statutory delegates so their matter is dead on arrival.
He accused the APC of not having structure instead of first removing the log of wood in their eyes before removing the pebbles in the eyes of another person.
And however, reiterated his hope for the judiciary because I don’t have doubt in my mind that the judiciary is going to do justice.
I am very optimistic that who among the parties that come out victorious at the end of the election tribunal, is based on merits, so l have confidence in the judiciary.
