{"id":2764,"date":"2023-11-18T16:08:47","date_gmt":"2023-11-18T16:08:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/coalition-apologizes-to-rep-over-viral-video-on-plateau-election-judgements\/"},"modified":"2023-11-18T16:08:47","modified_gmt":"2023-11-18T16:08:47","slug":"coalition-apologizes-to-rep-over-viral-video-on-plateau-election-judgements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/coalition-apologizes-to-rep-over-viral-video-on-plateau-election-judgements\/","title":{"rendered":"Coalition apologizes to Rep over viral video on Plateau election judgements"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The Coalition of Middle Belt Groups has issued a public apology to House of Representatives member, Hon. Yusuf Gagdi, retracting their earlier accusation that he influenced the Court of Appeal judgements on Plateau State elections.<\/p>\n<p>The group blamed the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for misleading them and distorting facts.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Ben Omale, the convener of the group, clarified that their initial position was based on a hasty interpretation of a video, acknowledging that Gagdi\u2019s statement was misconstrued.<\/p>\n<p>After thorough scrutiny of evidence, the group admitted that their earlier stance did not reflect the reality on the ground.<\/p>\n<p>Omale expressed regret over the Coalition\u2019s reliance on a single narrative propagated by the PDP, emphasizing the importance of considering both sides of the story before taking s stand<\/p>\n<p>The group apologized to Gagdi for the misleading press conference and its potential impact on his reputation in Plateau state and the country.<\/p>\n<p>The Coalition called out the PDP for a \u201csinister plot\u201d to cause disaffection in the polity, urging them to desist from campaigns against the judiciary.<\/p>\n<p>They emphasized Gagdi\u2019s exoneration from any involvement or influence in the Court of Appeal rulings on Plateau State elections.<\/p>\n<p>Coalition apologizes to Rep over viral video on Plateau election judgements<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Coalition of Middle Belt Groups has issued a public apology to House of Representatives member, Hon. Yusuf Gagdi, retracting&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2765,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,1732,4557],"tags":[180,316,523],"class_list":["post-2764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-plateau","category-rep","tag-news","tag-plateau","tag-rep"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2764","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2764"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2764\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}