LG: Court papers, registry staff disappear in PDP’s case against Plateau Government

The Peoples Democratic Party in Plateau State has approached the state High Court seeking to restrain the Plateau State Government from going ahead to appoint yet another set of transition committees for the local government councils.
A statement issued by the Publicity Secretary of the PDP, John T. Akans, said the matter has been filed on the July 19, 2017 in pursuant to the party’s resolve and commitment to ensure that democracy is deeply rooted in the nation and adherence to democratic tenets.
According to Akans, the legal team duly filed the documents containing prayers in the registry at the state high court.
He said: “To our greatest dismay, when we approached the court today in pursuit of the filed papers, we discovered that they were nowhere to be found.
“The staff of the registry also disappeared into thin air.
“We consider the inglorious disappearance of the papers a deliberate and desperate attempt to further deny the good people of Plateau State the fruits of democracy at the third tier of government, which has been the hallmark of the Simon Lalong-led administration since July 2015 when he sacked democratically elected local government council officials.
“This anarchy as orchestrated by the All Progressives Congress-led administration in seeming connivance with the state judiciary is unacceptable and shall be resisted by all lovers of democracy on the plateau.
“It is our firm believe that the government that rode on the back of CHANGE shouldn’t be seen to be surviving on impunity.
“While the Lalong-led administration may yet have its way and goes ahead to swear-in another set of undemocratic leaders of the third tier of government for another term of an endless tenure, we are sure that this act of illegality will not continue ad-infinitum.
“There will surely be an end to it.
“We are aware that there is no law of the Plateau State House of Assembly supporting this action.
“We therefore ask: on what basis is the House sitting to confirm the purported list of nominees from the APC government?
“We call on PDP members of the House to dissociate themselves from this further rape on democracy in the state.
“We beckon on PLASIEC to fix a date for local government elections in the state for individuals and political parties to test their popularity or otherwise in a free and fair poll.
“Meantime, we call on all our members, supporters and lovers of democracy to remain calm, even in the face of this political rascality and perpetual affront on the rule of law and democracy.”