Plateau APC To Receive Gen Sura, Gyang, Other Defectors

Ahead of the 2027 wide elections, the Plateau State section of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is acceptable to person defectors from the Peoples Democratic (PDP) and different governmental parties successful the state.
Against this background, the enactment has constituted a committee headed by Pam Dung Gyang to person the defectors.

The party’s nationalist chairman, Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda, astatine a stakeholders’ gathering successful Jos, announced that Vice President Kashim Shettima volition person the salient politicians who precocious decamped to the ruling party.

LEADERSHIP reports that among them is the erstwhile legislator representing Plateau North, Barr Istifanus Gyang, erstwhile governmental advisor to Governor Caleb Mutfwang, Hon. Latep Dabang, fondly called the ‘big Masquerade’ and the erstwhile caput of the Rehabilitation and Resettlement Committee of IDPs, Brig- Gen John Sura (rtd) on with their supporters and galore others successful the state.

Meanwhile, salient members of the 2 starring governmental parties, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressives Congress (APC), proceed to resign their membership, citing disillusionment and nonaccomplishment of assurance successful their enactment structures.

In the latest development, a chieftain of PDP Nde Isaac Wadak, formally resigned from the enactment successful a missive addressed to the PDP president of Kabwir Pada Ward successful Kanke section authorities area, Mr. Kichime Kassam.

In the aforesaid vein, Chief Robert Taple, a chieftain of the APC, besides announced his resignation successful a missive submitted to the authorities secretariat of the enactment astatine Kalwa House, Jos, done the president of his Langkan Ward successful Pankshin section authorities area.

Wadak successful his resignation letter, lamented the erosion of the PDP’s founding values and interior democracy, and said, “I person watched arsenic the ideals and doctrine connected which the Party is founded are being eroded. Trust and loyalty are being sacrificed astatine the altar of mediocrity, portion sycophants and rent-seekers are being rewarded.”

The erstwhile imperishable caput Ministry of Finance said helium is simply a loyal subordinate of the erstwhile Governor Jonah Jang’s Redemption Team and contributed tremendously to Governor Caleb Mutfwang’s 2023 electoral triumph successful the state.

According to him, his determination was driven by conscience and conviction, arsenic the enactment was “gradually sliding into irrelevance.”

Similarly, Chief Taple connected his portion explained that his determination to discontinue the APC was to stay apolitical “to freely counsel and enactment for the advancement of Plateau and Nigeria.”

In different development, the All Progressives Congress (APC) has stated that the teetering People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has yet travel retired of its cocoon pursuing immoderate decisions taken by the APC astatine its good attended stakeholders gathering successful Jos.

According to a connection issued successful Jos by the acting publicity caput of the party, Alh. Shittu Bamaiyi, the PDP , done immoderate of its members, abruptly became hysteric, erstwhile they learnt that APC stakeholders had opposed immoderate effort to sorb Governor Caleb Mutfwang into the party.

Bamaiyi argued that they are not amazed that PDP decided to maliciously scapegoat the APC nationalist president Dr. Nentawe Yilwatda for that decision.

“For the avoidance of doubt, determination are 2 motions, 1 for the endorsement of President Tinubu for a 2nd tenure successful bureau and the 2nd is that, Governor Mutfwang should beryllium allowed into the APC.”

According to the statement, the nationalist president who presided implicit the proceedings, called for the secondment of the question for president’s endorsement, which was swiftly seconded, portion that of Governor Mutfwang was retired rightly rejected by the crowd.

“It is alternatively ridiculous and hypocritical for the aforesaid PDP that claims that Governor Caleb Mutfwang is not funny successful joining the APC to crook astir and publically commencement crying bluish execution erstwhile it heard that helium is not welcomed to the Party.

“PDP’s outburst astatine this worldly clip is an denotation of the information that, the Party is successful danger, lily-livered and besides chickenhearted hearted, conscionable connected the slightest assemblage connection of the APC,” Bamaiyi said.