I spent 40 days in Jos prison – Gov Lalong

Plateau state Governor Simon Lalong has replied Senator Jonah Jang that he was also one time visitor of the Prison and had spent 40 days and also received a lot of revelation from God. Lalong stated this on Wednesday in Jos while addressing over 200 clergymen at the Opening Ceremony of 94th General Church Council of Church of Christ in Nations and responding to Senator Jonah Jang who had accused him of sending him to Prison. “Before I became the Governor of Plateau State, as a Speaker of the State House of Assembly then I also slept 40 days in prison, and when I was there I received a lot of revelations and I was ready to face the allegations against me and was also cleared at the end of the day”. “Now as a Governor I know when I vacate the office there will be a time for me to account for my stewardship, but when somebody refused to humble himself to accept his imperfection, then the law takes it over”. The Governor urged the church leadership to pray for his administration as well as unite the state to stand for justice, saying he view the church leaders as partners in the formulation of policies of Government. Governor Lalong attended the General Church Council accompany of his SGS Hon. Rufus Bature, Chief of staff Government House chief John Dafan, Hon. Daniel Mang, Hon. Bulus Bot, Mr Emmanuel Samuel Nanle amongst other commissioners and advisers. Senator Jang had during a goodwill message to the Church through his former Commissioner of Information and communication Pastor Yiljap Abraham said that his being in the prison is divine intervention and nobody should boast of sending him to the Prison. Yiljap who read Senator Jang message said, “For me being in the Prison is a great lesson in humility, when I was at the EFCC Abuja I slept on the floor, but here in the Prison I have the privilege of sleeping in the same bed that Former President Olusegun Obasanjo slept when in Jos Prison”, he said. It would be recalled that Senator Jonah Jang representing Plateau North In the National Assembly was ordered by the Jos High Court to be remanded at the Jos Prison pending the determination of his bail application on Thursday, 24th, May, 2018. Our correspondent gathered that the former Governor paid fines for about fifty inmates and lead the prayer session in the prison during church on Sunday. He has also helped the prison authority settle backlog of electricity bill they were owing the distribution company, a situation that has made electricity available in the prison.]]>