Senator Jang distance self from Zuma times publication titled- Hausa/Fulani will  never  rule  Nigeria again 

By Golok Nanmwa, Jos

Immediate past Governor of Plateau State Jonah David Jang on Wednesday  denied a publication   by Zuma Times Hausa (online) dated 12th February, 2018, claiming that Senator (Dr.) Jonah David Jang, the Senator representing Plateau North Senatorial Zone in the National Assembly said the Hausa/Fulani would never rule Nigeria again 

This was contained in a statement signed by Clinton Garuba,the Media consultant to Senator Jonah David Jang and made available to newsmen in Jos 

It reads that ”  The publication by Zuma Times Hausa (online) dated 12th February, 2018, claiming that Senator (Dr.) Jonah David Jang, the Senator representing Plateau North Senatorial Zone in the National Assembly said the Hausa/Fulani would never rule Nigeria again came to him as a rude shock.” The publication written in Hausa which has the trappings and coloration of mischief makers was clearly fabricated with the intention of pitching the Senator against a section of the country considering his firm position against national issues of discourse like open grazing prohibition.”

The statement further reads that “The Hausa/Fulani like any ethnic group within Nigeria are qualified as citizens to aspire to hold any elective office including the Presidency at any given time. Consequently, it is unthinkable to believe that anyone of the Senators standing would make such sweeping remarks. To put it plainly, only a mad man would say that Nigerians of Hausa/Fulani extraction would never rule Nigeria again in a democratic dispensation. ”

“In an attempt to damage Senator Jonah Jang’s reputation even more, the publication went further to link the phantom claims they associated with him, to an alleged mobilization plot by Christian leaders in the country, where they admonished all Christians to register in preparation for the 2019 General Elections.”

“Instructively, it is worthy of note to opine, that the Senator is on record to have been engaged in crucial advocacy calling on all Nigerians of different tribes, religions, cultures, and traditions to register for the sole purpose of exercising their francize. Does that sound like calling on only Christians to register?”

“Ordinarily, we would not have wasted our time responding to Zuma Times Hausa, considering the very obvious fact that they did not at any point in the publication substantiate their claims.” “There is also no gain in suing them for libel especially at this momentous occasion when Nigerians are living under the most crushing conditions that might have motivated the publishers sell their consciences for a plate of porridge in the hope that their paymasters would gain an imaginary political edge against the distinguished Senator (Dr.) Jonah David Jang.”

“As it stands today, the Senator has been right about all the evils that bedevil our country whether they are mindless killings by suspected Fulani herdsmen in the Middle-belt, biased corruption fights, or the reality of broken promises made by any means necessary for the sole purpose of confiscating power in 2015.”

“Senator (Dr.) Jonah David Jang remains a giant among his equals, a relic of hope to his people, and a committed person to the suffering of the minorities in the north who are persecuted for their beliefs, convictions, and persuasions. He can never be deterred by a publication of no consequence sponsored by those who have been rejected by a vast majority of Nigerians.”the statement further reads. 

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Senator Jang distance self from Zuma times publication titled- Hausa/Fulani will never rule Nigeria again