Two Plateau Council Chairmen Trade Blames Over Fighting Incident

Two local government chairmen in Plateau State have thrown blames at one another over reports of a fighting incident between them during events to mark the Resettlement Day that is celebrated among the Langtang people on the plateau.

GreenWhiteGreen GWG reports that the Chairman of Langtang South local government area, Plateau State, Vincent Venmark and his Langtang North colleague, Joshua Ubandoma were reported to have fought over sitting arrangements which reportedly led to the disruption of the event.

Venmark, the Langtang South chairman is of the All Progressives Congress, APC while Ubadoma, chairman of Lantang North is of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

The fighting incident between the two Plateau council chairmen reportedly occurred when they met on Saturday to celebrate Resettlement Day which is held annually to mark the settlement of people in Langtang South.

There were reports that the Langtang South chairman attacked his Langtang North at the event last Saturday in Sabon Gida, Langtang South.

The two men were said to have squabbled over the sitting arrangement for the event.

However, giving his account of what transpired, Venmark, the Langtang South chairman said:

“The Remembrance Day has been holding in the last 74 years, I am a Chairman of the local government area. I was at the venue very early to receive people. After then, the former chairman of Langtang North came and he was asked to sit with the people but he refused and wanted to sit where he was not asked to sit…

“He went and collected the microphone and started saying PDP, as if he came for a rally and I said, you can’t do this here, I sent him out of the podium. They started throwing stones, sand, and bottles… I asked my people to calm down, the event was a success because after they left, we continued.

“We wanted N10.5m, we got almost N28m that day after they left. I will not ask my people to do what is not good, I am a man of peace.”

The Langtang North chairman, Ubandoma, also responding through his media aide, Dogo Nanzing to the report of the fighting incident between the Plateau Chairmen, said:

“I was with my boss, Hon. Ubandoma; when we got there, our protocol officer went to check his sitting position and he was told there was space for him to come and sit.

“As the people came to usher him in, the Chairman of Langtang South, Venmark started warning that nobody was going to sit at that place. My boss, the Chairman of Langtang North left the seat. Venmark asked his guys to take Ubandoma off the seat, one of them attempted but was met with resistance, Venmark got up from his seat and pushed Ubandoma. When he was pushed off the stage, the crowd started shouting PDP…”

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