News available to ViewPointNigeria indicates that the Plateau State Chapter of the Joint National
Association of Persons with Disabilities,
Petitioned the State House of Assembly, urging the
House not to screen one Mr. James Lalu, as Chairman
Plateau State Disability Right Commission over allegation Of fraud.
The petition was made available to journalists through
their Counsel M.P Simdun.
Lalu is being accused of, “dishonesty, forgery and
Impersonation as the Chairman of Plateau State Disability
Right Commission since 17/10/2016, before his
Nomination.” It
further reads, “it is the intention of our client to bring to
the knowledge of your good office that one Mr James
Lalu a member of Plateau State Chapter of the Joint
National Association of Persons with Disabilities, who
served as Senior Special Assistant to the then governor
Jonah Jang for the past eight years on Disability Matters
as well as Board of Plateau State Disability Right
Commission forged letter head paper of the commission,
and wrote a letter which was addressed to Mr. Zulkhairi
Bin Zainol Abidin of Malaysia titled: Request for the
placement of people with Disability to learn lower limb
prosthesis fabrication.”
The petition added that “while the case instituted by our
client is pending in court against James D. Lalu, it was
heard over the radio that James D. Lalu, was appointed
to serve as the chairman of Plateau State Disability Rights
Commission to be screened and confirmed by the
Plateau State House of Assembly, which prompted this
petition.”
It insisted further that Lalu was corrupt, and therefore
should not be given such appointment
“Hon speaker sir, prior to the letter above, it is our
client’s complaint that James D Lalu without consultation
to our client single handedly gave some names and
attended meeting in USA. A letter of our client’s
complaint was written to that effect to the President of
equal rights for persons with disabilities international
among others.”
The letter stressed that, “It is our client’s complaint that
James D. Lalu took advantage of his membership of the
former Plateau State Disability Rights Commission and
took actions which were not in the interest of our client
as well as Plateau State Government as the Executive
Chairman of Plateau State Disability Right Commission
and gave some names as candidate for training at
Malaysia without the consent of our client and Plateau
State Government.”
The petition called on the Speaker of the State House of
Assembly, Peter Azi, that the screening of James Lalu, be
put on hold untill the determination of the court case
against him, instituted at the Magistrate Court Murtala
Mohammed way.

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Why we rejected James Lalu as commission chairman – Persons with Disabilities