Lalong: wants to contest the governorship of Plateau state

Mr Simon Lalong, the former Plateau House of Assembly Speaker, on Monday picked the All Progressives Congress (APC) nomination form for 2015 governorship poll.

Lalong, who paid N5.5 million for the nomination and expression of interest forms at the party’s headquarters in Jos, said there was need for “urgent change’’ in the Plateau.

“Plateau must change its political leaders if we must move forward,’’ Lalong, a former member of the PDP, said.

He said he had prayed and fasted before making up his mind to contest, and declared that he was in the best position to bring “sanity’’ to the state because of his experience.

The ex-speaker, however, expressed the optimism that he would clinch the APC ticket.

Lalong, a lawyer, attended the Ahmadu Bello University, in Zaria.