THE Labour Party in Plateau state has said it would not congratulate Gov. Jonah Jang over his election victory.

The party's Publicity Secretary in the state, Mr. Sylvanus Namang, said in Jos that congratulating the governor would mean consenting to "a wrong." Jang defeated Pauline Tallen, his deputy and LP candidate, in the just-concluded governorship election to secure a second-term tenure.

"We have all the information on how the governorship poll was manipulated in favour of Jang and I don't think it is politically right to congratulate him. "What I know is that we gave him a tough fight and gallantly lost to 'wrong moves' by people expected to be umpires," he stated.

Namang said the party was still discussing the possibility of contesting Jang's re-election at the tribunal. He called on LP supporters to remain calm and thanked them for their unalloyed support during the polls.