By Daniel Tyokua
The chairman Abuja Municipal Area council (AMAC) Christopher Maikakalangu has identified injustice as major cause of crisis in a setting.
He said anywhere fairness is lacking there is imminent crisis because the people will resist.
Maikalangu stated this during an interaction with the leadership and some members of the FCT Minister’s Press Corps, weekend at the Council’s Conference room.
The chairman, therefore urged media professionals to always advocate for justice to be done in every facet of the society, in order to pave way for inclusive and rapid development.
He noted that journalists as members of the fourth estate of the realm, should make good use of their position to address injustice, which according him breeds insecurity.
“I want you to make good use of your offices and position in the society, to please address injustice, because it is injustice that give birth to crisis and insecurity in our society today, especially when you are trying to forcefully takeover the peoples’ mandate.
“You have the responsibility to always defend the votes (the peoples’ mandate), by advocating that let justice be done. You will all agree with me that on the 12th of February, 2022, election was conducted, and it went smoothly, free and fair.
“I got over 19, 300 votes while my main opponent had 13, 200 plus votes. These figures are right there in the INEC Portal. But , to our surprise, the Tribunal got different figures from nowhere. And from what happened, I believe that the Tribunal was misled. We campaigned and made promises to people to better lives, which we intend to fulfil, but someone is trying to take it from them (people).
“By now, ICPC should be investigating those who brought fake INEC result to the Tribunal, otherwise, our 2023 general election is not safe, because is happening here can equally happen next year”, he stressed.
He said that, “I must commend our President, Muhammadu Buhari, and our FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello, for trading on the path of peace in the FCT. They allowed peaceful elections in the FCT, this ensured that people came out and voted for their candidates. And with the help of God Almighty, I emerged as AMAC chairman”.
