Former governor of Plateau State, Jonah Jang, has denied advising Governor Caleb Mutfwang to resign his position as governor.Jang denied the allegation in a statement by his Media Consultant, Clinton Garuba, yesterday, in Jos.

News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)has it that a media report attributed to one Bulus Deme alleged that Jang advised the governor to resign and give way to Nentawe Yilwatda of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

But Jang, a two-term governor of Plateau, described the allegation as false and merely fabricated to distract Mutfwang from the good works he started in the state.

He said: “It is absurd that anyone would even imagine that Jang will ever think of advising Mutfwang, who is raising the bar of governance to a new level in Plateau, to hand over to someone the people of Plateau did not vote for. It goes to say that APC is bent on taking power through the back door, but we believe our God, who neither sleeps nor slumbers, will not allow us to return to our dark days.

“It is unthinkable to ask a governor that has surpassed the achievement of his predecessor, just after six months in office, to resign. For the avoidance of doubt, the entire write-up is completely false and only exists in the writer’s imagination.”

The elder statesman also expressed rude shock over the recent Appeal Court judgments that sacked Mutfwang and some members of the National Assembly from Plateau.

Jang, who described the judgments as ”miscarriage of justice”, called on the Supreme Court to consider the merits of the cases with a view to reversing them.

“Just like any well-meaning lover of democracy, I am at loss as to why the appellate court took a decision that contradicts the 2023 Electoral Act and other cases already decided by the Supreme Court. I believe that these judgments are total miscarriage of justice. But as a firm believer in the judiciary, I trust that the highest court of the land will reverse this injustice,” Jang said.