 As acting governor, Chief Michael Botmang drafted both the police and the army to help return the state capital to order.Botmang, then a former Plateau state deputy governor, was sworn in as governor of Plateau State following the impeachment of Chief Joshua Dariye on 13 November 2006.He held that position until 27 April 2007, when the Supreme Court ordered the reinstatement of Dariye with immediate effect.