Following his call for the
declaration of state of emergency in Plateau, Taraba, Benue and Zamfara States,
Minister of Youths and Sports, Solomon Dalung, has come under fire with the
Middle Belt Conscience Guard (MBCG), warning him to control his sense of speech.
The organisation said that by
calling for emergency rule in the states over “continuing killings”, the
minister was up to mischief.
“Dalung cannot deceive anybody
anymore. He has continued to lick his wounds from the terrible defeat he
suffered in the hands of Gov. Lalong during the 2014 Plateau state All
Progressives Congress (APC), governorship primaries and feels he should never
be allowed to govern the state in peace”, MBCG said.
President of MBCG and civil
rights activist, Prince Raymond Enero, in a statement Monday night, accused
Dalung of “painting a non-existent, gloomy picture of violence and killings in
the region”.
He said, “The minister, no doubt,
sounded hollow by these submissions. It marketed him, as a lawyer and high
profile government official, but very deficient in the requirements of the law
on extent or magnitude of violence and killings to compel the Presidency to
declare a state of emergency anywhere.
“What MBCG can infer from
Dalung’s shameful outing and outburst are veiled continuation of his personal
political bickering with Plateau State Governor, Simon Lalong. It has pushed
him to seek to oust him from office through the backdoor with the
instrumentality of state of emergency.
“We are aware of Minister
Dalung’s clandestine instigations of youths to take to arms in order to create
chaos, anarchy, violence and killings in the state by his strong promotion of
the “indigene/settler” syndrome in Plateau.
“The latest pockets of killings
on the Plateau are attributable to the designs of the likes of Dalung in cohort
with other dark minds to discredit and ridicule the APC administration of Gov.
Lalong in the state as well as the government of President Muhammadu Buhari on
security.
“Unfortunately, these antics by
Dalung have failed to create the needed confusion, since they have not dimmed
Lalong’s eagle eyes, as massively affirmed by the people. They have seen and
felt the impacts his policies and actions in terminating the reign of terror he
inherited in the state, which became synonymous with the name of Plateau.
“We have no option now than to
warn Mr. Solomon Dalung to restrict his gaffes to the Ministry of Youth and
Sports development, for the days he has left in that office, where he has
buried the prospects of sports and youth development of Nigeria.
“He should desist from venturing
into specialized fields, such as security, which is the strangest of all to him
with such unguided and reckless statements.”
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