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2019: Despite N6.3bn alleged fraud, Sen Jang joins race to oust Buhari

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2019: Despite N6.3bn alleged fraud, Sen Jang joins race to oust Buhari

Former Plateau State governor, Jonah Jang has officially joined the ever growing list of politicians jostling to wrest power from President Muhammadu Buhari under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

The former governor and current senator representing Plateau North, made his decision to join the 2019 presidential race known on Tuesday at the secretariat of the party in Jos, capital of Plateau State.

He said that if elected President he was going to ensure an end to how cheap lives of Nigerians have become in recent times.

According to Jang, though the dreams of the founders of Nigeria were “gigantic, the hopes were huge, but all of them were achievable”.

He added in a letter of intent he presented to the party; “While we have come a long way, and we have made huge gains in different sectors, we have also suffered many distressing challenges in our nationhood. These distresses need not delay me here.

“Today, Nigeria has increasingly become a deeply divided nation, and the bases for our unity are being eroded.

“We face enormous security challenges emanating from the proliferation of small arms and light weapons, the increased wave of armed banditry leading to the annihilation of complete hitherto peaceful communities, armed communal clashes, religious fundamentalism, armed robbery, insurgency and unhindered kidnapping among others.

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“The ideals of the founding fathers of this nation are getting farther away from the people.”

Jang’s declaration to run for president is coming three months after the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), kept him in its custody for nine days for allegedly mismanaging N6.3 billion towards the end of his administration in 2015.

 

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