A group of Peoples Democractic Party members from across Plateau State’s 17 local government areas on Monday held a rally in Jos, urging Governor Caleb Mutfwang to defect to the opposition All Progressives Congress.
Many known PDP leaders including a former Chairman of the party in Jos South LGA, Dung Tari, were among those who gathered at the State Secretariat Junction, the venue of the rally.
Addressing the gathering, leader of the group, Christopher Danjem, said the defection of the governor had become imperative in the best interest of the people of Plateau State.
Danjem said, “We the members of the coalition of PDP members from across Plateau State are calling on the State Governor, Barrister Caleb Mutfwang, to join the All Progressives Congress, having analysed the situation in our dear state and country.
“We can see what the governor is doing on Plateau State. He is a performer and an architect of good governance. We can see what the Federal Government is doing. We want him to align with Mr President so that he can attract more federal projects to Plateau .
“We also understand that His Excellency, Mr President likes us in Plateau. During the wake of the recent attacks, he sent his wife, Her Excellency, Senator Remi Tinubu to come down and sympathize with us and we know what she did. So we want our governor to join the APC in the interest of Plateau people.”
Our correspondent reports that the group later moved to the Rayfield Government House in Jos.
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