The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Plateau State has firmly rejected any suggestion that Governor Caleb Mutfwang might defect from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to join its ranks.
At a stakeholders’ meeting held on Friday at Crest Hotel in Jos, top APC figures, including National Chairman Professor Nentawe Yilwatda and former Governor Simon Lalong, unanimously voted against admitting Mutfwang should he consider crossing over.
The meeting, attended by senior party members such as former Deputy Speaker Idris Wase, former Governor Joshua Dariye, ex-Minister Pauline Tallen, and other stakeholders, ended with a collective resolution rejecting any move to welcome the governor.
Yilwatda, who lost the 2023 governorship election to Mutfwang, invited former APC Deputy National Secretary Festus Fuanter to move the motion.
“Let me ask Hon. Festus Fuanter, who shares my sentiment, to lead us in moving a motion,” he said.
Fuanter’s motion asking whether members would accept Mutfwang into the APC was met with a resounding “No” from attendees.
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“We don’t want anybody coming to our party. You do your thing, and we’ll do ours,” Fuanter declared.
He added that the APC was united and ready to “win the 2027 elections decisively” without relying on defectors.
In response, Governor Mutfwang’s spokesperson, Gyang Bere, dismissed the claims as unfounded.
“To whom did the governor make an attempt to join them? Who among the APC members did Mutfwang approach to join the party?” he asked, as quoted by Daily Trust, adding that the governor remained focused on serving Plateau people.
Similarly, the PDP’s Southern Zonal Chairman, Hon. Simon Domle, described the APC’s statement as “an empty claim that will not happen.”
According to him, “Plateau has PDP as its political inheritance. The governor is not moving anywhere.”