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By: Wilson Bako (Lafia), The All Progressives Congress (APC) chapter in Nasarawa State has cautioned both the leadership and supporters of the main opposition political party the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) in the state against utterances and actions that are capable of setting the state ablaze. The State Chairman of the APC, Alh. Aliyu Bello, who gave the warning at the party’s secretariat in Lafia, while briefing Newsmen yesterday, expressed deep concerns about the way and manner in which the opposition political party the PDP was behaving since the 28 th March 2023 ruling of the Appeal Court Abuja Division, which set aside the Tribunal’s ruling in favour of Governor, Abdullahi Sule. He said the trend was fast becoming a great source of worry to, not only the supporters of the ruling party in the state but to all right-thinking persons in the state and the country at large. “The State Government can no longer fold its arms and watch women exposing their nakedness on our str...

By: Valentine Adese (JP), The Plateau State High Court hearing Suit No: PLD/J257/2023, filed by the suspended Local Government Council (LGC) Chairmen of Plateau State has ruled that the presence of the name of Hon. Vincent Venman in the processes filed in the suit, does not stop its continuous hearing. The Plateau State High Court presided over by Hon. Justice Samchi, gave this ruling when the Court’s attention was drawn to the name of Hon. Venman still in the process by the Counsel to the Defendants (Governor, Caleb Mutfwang (Esq) and the State’s Attorney-General). You would recall that the suspended Chairman, Hon. Vincent Venman is now a Member of the House of Representatives after winning his case at the Court of Appeal. In its ruling, the Court held that, it has the powers to continue hearing the matter and give justice if it succeeds to as many Plaintiffs/Claimants remaining. TO BE CONTINUED…

By: Valentine Adese (JP), The Plateau State High Court presided over by Hon. Justice Samchi has ordered the joining of the Plateau State House of Assembly and its Speaker, in Suit No: PLD/J257/2023, filed by the suspended 17 Local Government Chairmen of Plateau State and their Councilors, as 3 rd and 4 th Defendants. You would recall that the 1 st and 2 nd Defendants have being the Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang (Esq), and the Attorney-General of the State since the hearing of the Suit commenced. The Court has also ordered that the Originating Summons, the Preliminary Objections (POs), among other processes already filed in the matter, be amended and serve on all parties before the 5 th of December 2023. The Court further ordered that the process should be served on the Clerk of the Plateau State House of Assembly, and if he is not there, on his staff in the office or any worker in the Assembly that has the competence of being served. Alternatively, when it fails, it shoul...

By: Valentine Adese (JP), Plateau State High Court presided over by Hon. Justice Samchi has refused and dismissed the Application for Joinder filed by Hon. Daniel Kunmi, the Transition Committee Chairman appointed by Caleb Mutfwang (Esq), the Governor of Plateau State for Mikang Local Government Council (LGC) in Suit No: PLD/J257/2023, filed by the suspended 17 Local Government Council (LGC) Chairmen of the state. According to the Court, after listening to the Application moved by the Counsel to the Defendants and the Counter moved and argued by T. Kekemeke (Esq) the Counsel to the Claimants in the Suit, the presiding Judge, Hon. Justice Samchi, held that, Hon. Daniel Kunmi is not a necessary party to be joined, as he only has “mere interest” on the outcome of the Suit and that there is no relief by the Claimants being sort against him from the 5 reliefs before the Court. The Court also granted an Order of Extension of Time to enable the Defendants file a second Counter Affidavit to th...

By: Valentine Adese (JP), The Coordinator of Operation Rainbow the State Security outfit in Plateau State, AIG Dabup Makama (Rtd) has disclosed that 600 people have been trained to be Operatives of the outfit from 5 Local government Areas of the state. Dabup in an on-the-spot interview with Journalists at the Rwang Pam Township Stadium where the Operatives were into their final drills and rehearsal for their passing out parade, said after tomorrow, they Operatives would be direct employees of the outfit. According to Dabup, “The training of these 600 people, who are going to be identified by their uniforms as Operation Rainbow’s Neighbourhood Operatives, would be ready to commence the internal first-line defense of their various Local Government Areas (LGAS) in the state”. From the extract of the interview, AIG Dabup (Rtd) in part, while fielding answers to the questions by Journalists said, “To start with, I am a retired AIG. My name is Dabup Makama. I am the coordinator of Operation ...

By: Valentine Adese (JP), General G. Shipi (Rtd) the Security Adviser to the Governor of Plateau State, H.E. Caleb Mutfwang (Esq) has congratulated the 600 people trained as Operatives under the state’s security outfit, Operation Rainbow. In an on-the-spot interview with Journalists at the Rwang Pam Township Stadium Jos, where the Operatives were having their last rehearsal, Gen. Chipi said,  “The Operatives are going to be working directly under Operation Rainbow. In fact, as it is, they are directly employed by Operation Rainbow. Once they finish this training, they would be personnel of Operation Rainbow and under their payroll. “So, is not like they are going to go back to being independent. Yes, they would go back to their respective place of origin, but they would be there working for Operation Rainbow”. General Chipi added that, “The misconception concerning this training was that there was a communication gap and I will advise that for the interest of Peace in our state, owing ...

By: Wilson Bako (Lafia) The ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) in Nasarawa State has expressed deep concerns over the recent outing by a group of individuals suspected to have been hired by the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Nasarawa State to stage an unwarranted protest against the recent verdict of the Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, which  set aside the split judgment of the Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal in the State and affirmed , Engr. Abdullahi A. Sule, as the lawfully elected Governor of the State. In a statement made available to Newsmen in Lafia the state capital, and signed by the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Public Affairs, Mr. Peter Ahemba, the ruling APC, described such an outing by the main opposition party in the state, “as a show of shame”, while explaining that the March 18th, 2023 governorship election which the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Governor Sule as the duly elected Governor of the State ...

By: Valentine Adese (JP), The Application for Joinder by the Transition Committees in the 17 Local Government Councils (LGCs) of Plateau State, dated 24 th November 2023, but filed on the 27 th November 2023, urging the Plateau State High Court presided over by Hon. Justice Samchi to be joined in Suit No: PLD/J257/2023, has been vehemently opposed by the Suspended Executive Chairmen of the 17 LGCs. At the hearing of the suit today, Counsel to the Applicants for Joinder, D. P. Dusu (Esq), after the Court had granted them leave to file their response to the Counter Affidavit filed by the Claimants/Respondents on points of Law out of time because there was no objection, urged the Court to grant all the reliefs sought in the Application, after moving the Application in terms of the Motion Paper. PLATEAU STATE HIGH COURT PREMISES D. P Dusu (Esq) while moving the Motion said, “Before the Hon. Court is a Motion on Notice, dated 17 th October, 2023, but filed on the 9 th of November, 2023....

After the election of 25 th February to 18 th March 2023 in Plateau State, the election process has continued at the Judiciary for every political office contested in the state, being the second election stage as specified by the Laws. Before the National/State House of Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal and the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal set up by the President of the Court of Appeal, to look into the Petitions that were filed by parties challenging the outcome of the various elections in the state, most of the petitions were those filed by the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP). The APC had challenged all the seats won by the PDP in the Plateau State House of Assembly and the Governorship seat conducted and declared on the 18 th of March, 2023, on the grounds that the PDP chapter in the state has “No Party Structure” to sponsor any candidate for any election in the state. While this ground was dismissed in Panel Two of the Nation...

By: Valentine Adese (JP), The Special Adviser to Governor Caleb Mutfwang (Esq) on Security has explained to Plateau People and Nigerians at large that the state is training the youths of the state as a form of Job creation and also impacting them with more security awareness. General Shipi who was live in a Security Program on valrealityradio.live today at 10.am, monitored by this Newspaper, added that, “the state of insecurity and lack of Jobs have forced the Government of the day to start looking for alternative means to  secure the people and guarantee their welfare, especially the youths“. He explained that, “The exercise has commenced with 5 Local Government Areas which are more prone to attacks and other forms of insecurity. They are Mangu, Barkingladi, Bassa and other two Local Government Areas. “We need to apologize that the Media was not actually brought in on this hence, these speculations concerning the purpose(s) of the training. We have plans to extend this training to all...

By: Valentine Adese (JP), Plateau State High Court presided over by, Hon. Justice Samchi has fixed the hearing of an Application for Joinder in Suit No: PLD/J257/2023, filed by the suspended 17 Local Government Council (LGC) Chairmen and their Councilors in Plateau State to the 27 th of November, 2023. The Court has also fixed the hearing of the Originating Summons (OS) filed by the Claimants, challenging the powers of the State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang (Esq) for suspending them from office to the 29 th of November, 2023 for a definite hearing. You would recall that, Six (6) months after the commencement of the hearing of the Originating Summons (OS) filed by the suspended 17 Local Government Council Chairmen and their Councilors the 1 st Defendant, Governor Caleb Mutfwang (Esq) only filed his Counter Affidavit on the 9th of November, 2023, challenging the Originating Summons, after the Court granted his Motion for Extension of Time. You would recall that, before moving the Motion f...

The wave of the political tsunami sweeping through the Plateau State chapter of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), seems unstoppable with the developing spree of judicial pronouncement on its lack of “Structure”. Few days ago, the Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, had sacked from office two Senators and Five House of Representatives members at both the Green and Red chambers of the National Assembly representing Plateau State, under the platform of the PDP. Although this judgments delivered by the Court caused sponsored protest by faceless groups in Plateau and the Federal capital Abuja, the protest did not hinder the Court of Appeal from extending the sacking spree to the sitting Governor, Caleb Mutfwang (Esq) and some members of the State House of Assembly. As at the last count, over Four (4) members have received their “Red Cards” from the Court of Appeal With the level of political turmoil and the tsunami hitting the PDP which earlier had 15 members in the Plateau State House of A...

By: Valentine Adese (JP), Citizens of Plateau State have started raising concerns over the unclear and unexplained reason(s) why some people are been trained as alleged Militias in the state and why the beneficiaries are selected from two (2) tribes only. In a press statement directed at Governor Caleb Mutfwang (Esq), of Plateau State, tagged: “IS MUTFWANG PLANNING A CIVIL WAR ON THE REST OF US?” , made available to Media House in Jos, (REALITY inclusive), these Concerned Citizens stated that, “We have watched with utmost indignation that since after the elections, the Governor seems to be promoting and enjoying the seeming rift between the Mwaghavul his tribe and the Berom who gave him the most votes on the one side and the Ngas which is Dr. Nentawe Yilawada, his opponent’s tribe and the Goemai, which is former Governor Simon Lalong’s tribe on the other hand. “Rather than find a way of seeking the unification of Plateau State, Gov Mutfwang seems to be using this alienating development...

By: Valentine Adese (JP), Just as a group of over 500 Lawyers protested in Abuja recently, over the insults and accusations being thrown at Nigerian Judges and the Judiciary, a group of Lawyers and other Professionals, under the aegis of “The Defense of Lawyers” have raised their voices over the comments made allegedly by Hon. Dachung Bagos that, Hon. Pwajok (SAN) was responsible for the lack of structure of the Plateau State chapter of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP). The group led by Mr. Emmanuel Goshen in a press statement he personally signed and made available to REALITY stated that they would not have interfered with the internal issues rocking the PDP chapter in Plateau State, but for the continual dehumanization and trampling on the successes of Plateau people by “Bad election losers like Hon. Dachung Bagos”. “It is not for us to pursue a case of slander for the Learned Silk, Hon. Edward Pwajok (SAN), over the unfortunate and irresponsible comments made about him by Hon. Da...

Since Sunday the 19 th of November, 2023, there have been jubilations and sadness expressed and showcased in different quarters of Plateau State against or in favour of the Judgment of the Court of Appeal, Abuja Division that sacked the incumbent Governor of Plateau State, Governor Caleb Mutfwang (Esq) and in his Place, Dr. Nentawe Yilwatda, as Governor-Elect. GOVERNOR- ELECT, DR. NENTAWE Although Governor Mutfwang still has a step more to challenge the Court of Appeal’s Judgment at the Supreme Court of Nigeria, he must acknowledge now that as a professional Lawyer, his seat and position have been taken away from under his feet. He must therefore start reassessing all that he has been told, formally or informally of the case at hand concerning the Petition filed by the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its Candidates across the Election Petition Tribunals that sat in Plateau State. Like Mutfwang would always remind the citizens in the state, “After God, is Government”. So, as he str...

We are delighted to know that you have won the election as the Governor-Elect of Plateau State, as declared by the Court of Appeal, Abuja Division. Your victory with a large majority under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has filled us with immense joy. We therefore take this opportunity to congratulate you and the APC on your well-deserved and overlong success, owing to the judicial process. You have undoubtedly worked very hard to achieve this position and your commitment and dedication have helped you attain this post. #Vision 24 Leaders, Pastor Michael Gulu Rivi (JP) (Jagora’n Irigwe) We believe that you will be able to put many things back on track in Plateau State which have long been haywire in recent months. You are the perfect Man for the Governorship job and all your hard work has paid off. CONGRATULATIONS again, as your zeal to do things for the masses of Plateau State has made your winning the election more realistic. We, #Vision 24, under the Leadership ...

By: Valentine Adese (JP), Hon. Shehu Bala Usman, the Executive Chairman of Jos-North Local Government Council (LGC) has joined millions of Nigerians to also congratulate, Dr. Nentawe Yilwatda, over his victory at the Court of Appeal Abuja Division, as the duly elected Governor for Plateau State. Hon. Shehu in his congratulatory message on behalf of the Deputy Chairman, Leader and Members of the Legislative and Executive Arms, as well as, the peace and hospitable people of Jos North Local Government, made available to REALITY, further acknowledged that the victory of Dr. Nentawa is also, “The people’s victory”. Adding that, “”I join millions of Plateau people and Nigerians in congratulating you on your overwhelming electoral victory won on the basis of a populist mandate as well as today’s judicial victory won on the strength of our Constitution, at the Court of Appeal”. READ THE FULL TEXT BELOW:- HON. SHEHU BALA JOS NORTH COUNCIL BOSS CONGRATULATES GOVERNOR-ELECT, PROF...

By: Valentine Adese (JP), Dr. Nentawe Yilwatda, the Governor-Elect for Plateau State has told the members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and his supporters that he is happy over the verdict delivered by the Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, which declared him as the Governor-Elect of Plateau State. Dr. Nentawe who spoke through Mr. Banchir at the celebration ground to mark the Judgment and the victory of the Governor-elect in Jos said, “Today, I stand tall to say the outcome of these long months of legal battle from the Tribunal to the Appeal Court has vindicated my inherent belief that, I and indeed Plateau People, have been shortchanged of the opportunity to witness the implementation of our ACEES agenda, which by now, would have started yielding positive results. However, it is better late than never!” MR. BANCHIR SPEAKING Dr. Nentawe, used the moment to warmly welcome his opponent’s decision to Appeal the Judgment at the Supreme Court. Adding that, “My indefatigable Legal Te...

By: Valentine Adese (JP), As the struggle for the political soul of Plateau State continues between the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state, the Northern Christian Civil Rights Movement of Nigeria has knocked the PDP for crying wolf where none exists. The Movement in a speech delivered recently said the Plateau State chapter of the PDP is trying to whip up religious sentiments over the outcomes of the recent Judgments delivered by the Court of Appeal against its candidates. The Northern Christian Civil Rights Movement of Nigeria in the speech, called on Nigerians to “rise against attempts by Plateau PDP to blackmail the Appeal Court Justices and our judiciary”. READ THE FULL SPEECH BELOW:- THE MOVEMENT Dear beloved, The Northern Christian Civil Rights Movement of Nigeria welcomes you all to this rally organized to put issues in proper perspective regarding the outcome of the Court Appeal rulings on the elections in Plateau State. Plateau ...