Lalong When the All Progressives Congress (APC) was formed, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was not only in control of the central government, but also in charge of Plateau State. APC went on the displace PDP at the national level. In Plateau State, APC also got substantial support of voters over allegations that PDP had jettisoned the zoning arrangement. It was also alleged that PDP leadership ensured that a particular tribe in the Northern Zone enjoyed juicy appointments at both the federal and state levels. But, shortly after APC formed government in Plateau, conflicts of interest in terms of appointments into various positions equally emerged among the different parties that fused into APC to clinch power from PDP.
Documents Show How Buhari’s Minister, Pantami, Muslim Leaders Vowed To Attack Christians, Make Plateau State Ungovernable
The Islamic clerics in the meeting chaired by Pantami urged Muslims to fight the Jang-led government and the entire Christians in any way possible.
by SaharaReporters, New York
Apr 22, 2021
Embattled Nigeria’s Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Pantami and some Northern Muslim leaders in 2010 vowed to make Plateau state ungovernable for former governor Jonah David Jang, a communique adopted at the meeting of Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI) at Bauchi Central Mosque has shown.
Jang was governor of the state from 2007 to 2015.
Kallamu Musa Ali Dikwa, the Director-General, Centre for Justice on Religion and Ethnicity in Nigeria has revealed that he had personally written to the Federal Government of Nigeria three times over the alleged ties that Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, has with terrorists.
According to him, he wrote the first letter addressed to the Nigerian government in 2012 during the President Goodluck Jonathan-led administration and was invited to stand as a witness in the trial but the case was struck out thereafter.
Dikwa in a report by Sahara Reporters said he wrote the second letter in 2018 during the first term of President Muhammadu Buhari. He said he was invited to recall the letter and the VCDs attached and warned never write such again.
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Aliyu had on Friday, April 16, 2020, revealed that northern governors opposed Jonathan’s reelection because they felt their region would be in a disadvantaged position if Jonathan won the 2015 presidential election. He also said Jonathan had an agreement with the northern governors that he won’t seek a second term, adding that north governors opposed him when he reneged on the agreement. The ex-governor said this in a statement titled; ‘
Why We Opposed Jonathan’s Second Term Bid –Babangida Aliyu.’ Former President Goodluck Jonathan on Al Jazeera. (Aljazeerah) ece-auto-gen But
Jonah Jang, who was governor of Plateau State at the time has countered the claims, saying there was no time northern governors “