2023 Polls: Your Rigging Plans ‘ll Fail – Ubandoma Warns Lalong

BY CHAMBERLAIN ODEY, JOS – The Executive Chairman of Langtang North Local Government Council in Plateau State, Hon. Joshua Ubandoma Laven has accused Governor Simon Lalong of desperation to rig the 2023 elections in the State.

This is as he described as ‘very unfortunate’ the statement credited to the governor that whoever does not want to remain in APC should freely exit from the ruling party.

Ubandoma said there is nothing on the ground to support Governor Simon Lalong’s claim made in Southern Plateau to the effect that the APC will sweep the three Senatorial districts, eight Federal House of Representatives, and all the 24 seats in the Plateau State House of Assembly.

Ubandoma spoke on the heels of Governor Lalong’s outburst while addressing APC stakeholders at Shendam in Plateau South, saying; “Whoever feels disenfranchised should go to court and seek redress because the APC is the Federal Government”.

“It means that as Director General of the Tinubu/Shettima Campaign Organisation, they have already concluded plans to rig the 2023 elections in the state. I can assure anybody that with that statement, the Governor is going to find it very tough since he has made it clear that the election is going to be rigged”, Ubandoma warned.

Insisting that a leader should not speak in such an arrogant manner, the Council Chairman noted that Governor Lalong is always making irrational statements that tend to disunite and dismember the state.

Consequently, he cautioned the Governor and urged him to steer clear of the Plateau Southern zone because it would not be possible to rig out the will of the people in 2023.

“Governor Lalong cannot succeed in doing that in Southern Plateau because he lacks the capacity and cooperation to do that. With the statement credited to him, we are not going to take it lightly with him.

“I want the INEC and the general public to know that Governor Lalong and the Federal Government have concluded plans to rig the 2023 general elections in Plateau State because he is the DG Tinubu/Shettima Campaign Organisation”, Ubandoma noted.

However, in a swift reaction to Hon. Joshua Laven Ubandoma’s claims, the State Publicity Secretary of the APC, Sylvanus Namang said the opposition party has already conceded defeat before the elections in 2023.

According to him; “They are jittery of the ruling party everywhere in the state even when they have not started campaigns”, adding; “What is happening now is simply testing the microphone by the APC.”