OFF THE CUFF

• “If I am to step down, why would I be aspiring in the first place? I am here to run for the presidency and become the president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Who do you want me to step down for? My party cannot ask me to step down because they sold that form to me.” Jang vowing not to step down for any other presidential aspirant

• “I believe the present administration has not been able to utilize the armed forces of Nigeria that are known to be the best in black Africa and they have proved themselves all over the world, when they were sent for international assignments.” Jang promising to end Boko Haram menace if elected President of Nigeria

• “For me being in prison is a great lesson in humility,” Jang said. “When I was at the EFCC office in Abuja, I slept on the floor, but here in the prison I have the privilege of sleeping in the same bed that former President Olusegun Obasanjo slept in at the Jos Prison.” Jang speaking on his travails at Kuje Prison

• “The Senate is not for good for young people, only the House of Representatives is good enough.” Jang insisting that only people with pedigree and political experience not for young people without political experience should become senators

• “Doesn’t that sound funny that Jonah Jang, a Berom man from Plateau State, is organising herdsmen to come and kill Beroms, or which killings are they talking about? Jang denying reports making the rounds that he had a hand in the killings that claimed the lives of over 200 persons in some villages of the state.