APC Demands Plateau Governor Mutfwang Reveal Who Pressured Him to Join Party
The Plateau State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has urged Governor Caleb Mutfwang to disclose the individuals allegedly pressuring him to leave the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the APC. Mutfwang, speaking over the weekend at the Government House banquet hall in Jos, said several APC members had approached him to join their party. He, however, emphasized that only God and the electorate who voted for him could influence such a decision. “It is not a lie that they are putting pressure on me. But I told them that only two people would authorise me to change my party: one is the God of heaven, and the other is you, the people. Those who are rejecting me for what I did not seek are only hiding their desires. The truth is that 60 to 70 per cent of APC members in the state would be glad to have us in their party. They are just biting their fingers because they know I won’t join them,” the governor said. Reacting on Monday in Jos, APC acting state publicity secretary Shittu Bamaiyi dismissed the governor’s remarks as “self-denial” and accused him of attempting to distract the public from perceived failures of his administration. Bamaiyi argued that if Mutfwang had genuinely delivered for the people of Plateau, there would be no talk of political defection. “If he truly cared for his supporters and the state, he should have named those pressuring him and explained why,” Bamaiyi said. “Regardless, it is a serious mark against a sitting governor when the opposition openly objects to his joining their ranks, even when their goal is to win future elections.”