Former Senate Minority Chief, Senator Simon Mwadkwon, believes that Plateau State will stay a stronghold of the Peoples Democratic Celebration (PDP), even when Governor Caleb Mutfwang defects to the All Progressives Congress (APC) to contest the governorship place within the 2027 election.
There have been widespread speculations and permutations that Mutfwang may dump the PDP for the APC forward of the 2027 gubernatorial elections, however Mwadkwon, who represented Plateau North Senatorial District within the Nationwide Meeting earlier than he was eliminated by an Enchantment Court docket ruling, stated even when such occurs, the APC wouldn’t be a risk because the state would stay a PDP state.
The previous senator, who made the daring assertion throughout an interplay with choose journalists in Jos on Thursday, additionally dismissed the insinuation that Mutfwang is certainly one of 4 PDP governors planning to defect to the ruling APC, reiterating the governor’s current denial of the defection rumours.
“Plateau is all the time a PDP state, and whether or not the governor leaves the social gathering or not, the individuals of the state know that their love for the PDP is unparalleled,” the previous lawmaker stated.
He insisted that even when Gov. Mutfwang decides to depart the social gathering and contest on one other platform, the PDP would discover a succesful substitute for him and the social gathering would win, advising Mutfwang to stay within the PDP as that’s the solely social gathering the place his greatest curiosity could be served.
“The Plateau State Governor has publicly denied any intention of becoming a member of the APC on a number of events; subsequently, I don’t suppose he has any curiosity in doing so. Regardless of a number of appeals, he has refused to again down on this situation,” Mwadkwon added
