Governor Caleb Mutfwang of Plateau state is being courted by the All Progressives Congress, APC. The APC said its rank will be strengthened if the governor, a member of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP dumps his party for the ruling party.
The call was made by the North Central Forum of the APC, which said it has a mandate from the ‘above’ to bring into its ranks the PDP governor, saying the state Chapter of the party must welcome the governor with open hands, adding that Mutfwang is a progressive politician.
According to the Chairman of the forum, Saleh Zazzaga, the APC is planning to swell its fold before the 2027 general election by bringing as many people as possible into the party, no matter the outcry against the party.
The party spoke amidst criticism that the country is gradually sliding into a one-party state under the ruling APC.
Not a few Nigerians and opposition leaders have lamented the danger of turning the country into a single party state.
Zazzanga said the fear is unwarranted and that the APC will press on with the directive by its leadership to bring in as many people as possible.
The North-Central All Progressives Congress Forum has renewed its call for Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang, to defect from the Peoples Democratic Party to the party, citing a directive from the party’s national leadership.
In a statement issued in Abuja on Saturday, the Forum’s Chairman, Alhaji Saleh Zazzaga, said the call is aimed at strengthening the APC ahead of the 2027 elections.
Zazzaga: “Our campaign is based on a directive from above. Governor Caleb Mutfwang is a progressive, and we believe he belongs in our great party, the APC.
“Those who have constituted themselves as cogs in the wheel of progress must tread with caution.
“No intimidation or blackmail will stop us from pursuing what is in the best interest of the APC.
In case the Plateau governor chose to fdefect to the APC, he will be the third state governor to join after Governor Sheriff Obovrewori of Delt and Umo Eno defected for the PDP to APC.
There are suggestions that other opposition governors are planning to defect to the APC before the 2027 election.
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