The
governor of Plateau State, Jonah Jang, has described his “victory” over
Gov. Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State, whom he claims to have defeated to
become the new “chairman” of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum, as the will
of God.
Mr.
Jang, was speaking in Jos, Sunday, at a special interdenominational
church service held at Faith-way Chapel Church and organized by the
Plateau State government as part of the activities marking the
forthcoming 14th anniversary of uninterrupted democratic governance in
Nigeria.
His
remarks came two days after a controversial governors’ forum election
in which Mr. Amaechi was declared winner after clinching 19 votes to
defeat Mr. Jang who got 16. The result of the election however portrayed
Mr. Jang as a usurper to the NGF chairman position.
Governors
who supported Mr. Jang rejected the outcome of the elections, claiming
it was rigged.On Saturday, Mr. Jang convened a meeting of the protesting
governors and presided as chairman.
“I
can assure you that my emergence as the chairman Nigerian Governors’
Forum was the will of God because I went to Abuja for the NGF election
not with the intention to contest but northern governors and the PDP
governors’ forum endorsed my candidature. When (Ibrahim) Shema of
Kastina stepped down, both forums insisted I should contest; I contested
and won. So, it’s the will of God.”
He said he had never wanted to be chairman of the NGF.
He said he had never wanted to be chairman of the NGF.
Mr.
Jang told the church that the allegation that a faction of the NGF
rigged the elections in his favour was not true. “God is a democrat,
does not support rigging but if you rig and succeed, that means God
approves of it.”
Mr.
Jang called on Nigerians to pray for their leaders to enable the
present administration at all levels succeed.He said the current
controversies being faced by government at the moment is a foreshadow of
what is likely to happen at the 2015 general elections.
“I believe that God has anointed who will be President of Nigeria in 2015 but only him knows who it is,” he stated.
He
also said democratic governance was the best form of government that
takes care of every sector, pointing out that even the military enjoys
more during democracy.“The military enjoys better during democracy. I’m a
living example because I was opportune to serve as governor during the
military era and now again as a civilian; so, to my mind, the military
should not carry guns to force out democratic governance again,” he
said.
During
the church service, prayers were offered for the restoration of
permanent peace in the country and stability of good governance in
Nigeria and the entire African continent.
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