N12.5bn loot: I’m not a thief, Jang tells FG
Jonah Jang
Friday Olokor, Jos
A former governor of Plateau State,
Jonah Jang, on Wednesday distanced himself from the list of alleged
looters recently released by the Federal Government.
According to him, the All Progressives
Congress should tell Nigerians the source of their campaign funds for
the 2015 general elections.
While describing the allegation that he
got N12.5bn as “laughable on preliminary evaluation, and pathetic when
considered on the scales of truth and reality,”Jang noted that it
appeared that “when a politician joins the APC, you become baptised into
the order of lies, falsehood, deception, and propaganda.”
This was contained in a statement Jang personally signed on Wednesday.
Jang, who is representing the Plateau
North Senatorial District in the National Assembly, said the Minister of
Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, had changed from his days
of activism in the National Democratic Coalition.
He said, “I know Lai Mohammed in our
National Democratic Coalition days when we fought for the return of
democratic rule to the country, putting an end to military dictatorship.
I know him to always stand for the truth. Alas, I can finally say that
he is not that same person these days.
“In Nigeria today, it would seem that
once you join the APC, you become baptised into the order of lies,
falsehood, deception, and propaganda. Nevertheless, Lai Mohammed must
make amends by recanting the phantom allegations he made against my good
person within a reasonable timeframe or face the consequence of his
indiscretion in the foreseeable future.
“The so-called list of looters is a
testament to the desperation which holds the APC in its firm grip after
what is now certainly an infamous cameo in power considered by many to
be tragic and regrettable.
“For all those who were on the list,
sources of the funds allegedly looted were stated, but in my case, there
was none. How possible is it for me to have got N12.5bn just like that
from nobody and nowhere? Unlike Lai Mohammed and the Federal Government,
I know without any shadow of doubt, that to be a looter, one must have
stolen or taken something by force.
“If their allegation is anything to go
by, it falls short of the lowest standards of believability; otherwise,
they would have noticed that the allegation of getting N12.5bn from an
unknown source isn’t the same as looting the said amount.”
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