By Marie-Therese Nanlong

Jos—Former Plateau State governor and Senator representing Plateau North Senatorial zone in the National Assembly, Jonah Jang has described the statement credited to the National Secretary, Jama’atu Izalatul Bid’a Wa’ikamatus Sunna, JIBWIS, Mr. Aliyu Sangei, that he was the cause of crises on Plateau as “a betrayal of crass ignorance.”

Sangei was quoted as saying that “Jang ignited Plateau crises,” but in a statement in Jos Thursday, the former governor’s Personal Assistant, Chris Gyang, described the allegation as not only biased but showed crass ignorance of the facts on ground.

The statement read, “anyone who has full grasp of the history of Plateau State and the true underpinning of the crises surely knows that they pre-date the Jang administration by far and existed in different forms even before the advent of the state.

“To say that the former governor was responsible for the killing and destruction of property or divided the state along religion lines is mere political mischief in the fashion of those individuals who have always made Jang bashing and vilification a worthwhile venture.

“This statement is to disabuse the minds of the discerning public and show the world that people like Sangei simply manipulate religion to cover up their evil motives and spread hatred.