The Middle Belt Youth Council (MBYC) has said that Yusuf Gagdi, a lawmaker representing Pankshin, Kanke and Kanam Federal Constituency of Plateau state should be held responsible for any breakdown of law and order in the state as the court of appeal delivers judgment on the governorship election appeal today in Abuja. The group accused Gagdi, a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), for allegedly sponsoring a “fake Middle Belt groups” aimed at causing confusion in the state.
Addressing a press conference in Jos on Sunday, Emmanuel Zopmal, president of MBYC, said, “The apex body of the Middle Belt youth leadership under the leadership of Middle Belt Forum led by Dr. Bitrus Pogu has become aware of a fake group claiming the name Coalition of Middle Belt Groups. Zopmal said, “As a reputable organisation that promotes equity, justice, fairness, and unity in the Middle Belt, we issue this press statement to categorically denounce and distance the Middle Belt from the purported “Coalition of Middle Belt Groups”.
He said the fake group was drafted by a desperate and callous politician in order to score a point in the ongoing judicial process on election matters in Plateau state.
“They are miscreants sponsored by Hon. Yusuf Adamu Gagdi, the member representing Pankshin, Kanke, Kanam Federal Constituency, who has vowed with the last drop of his blood to deliver the APC gubernatorial candidate at the Supreme Court”, the MBYC alleged.
The MBYC maintained that “Yusuf Adamu Gagdi does not even believe in the Middle Belt. His alliance is outside the Middle Belt. Therefore, we urge him to immediately desist from forging a group in the name of Middle Belt to pursue his wild and do-or-die political ambition.
“We call on the public to disregard any statement or action attributed to this fake group and urge the relevant authorities to investigate and bring these imposters to justice. Middle Belt Youth Council has had a functional office in Abuja for more than 20 years now.”
He said the MBYC remains focused on its commitment to ensure that the right thing is done.
“Yusuf Adamu Gagdi should be held responsible for any breakdown of law and order in Plateau State if the judgments go against the hallowed mandate of Plateau people going by his several confessions preempting the court judgments and which they ultimately come out to be exactly what he professed from the Tribunal and now at the Court of Appeal.
“We also strongly believe that the apex court will correct the anomalies encountered at the Court of Appeal. We urge the security agencies to beam their watch-light on him because he has become more desperate about the governorship case in court than the candidate himself.”
