By Omeiza Ajayi
ABUJA: The controversy surrounding the reported defection of Plateau State Governor Caleb Mutfwang to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has taken a brand new twist, with the camp of APC nationwide chairman Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda dismissing the claims as mere hypothesis.
The event comes as a youth group throughout the occasion issued a two-week ultimatum to the nationwide chairman to resign or face mass protests.
Working underneath the aegis of the APC Youth Solidarity Community (APC-YSN), the group, in a press release signed by its Nationwide Coordinator, Comrade Danesi Momoh Prince, accused Prof. Yilwatda of poor management and presiding over what it described because the regular decline of the APC’s reputation throughout the nation.
“Below Nentawe’s management, the APC’s reputation continues to wane day by day, making President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s re-election bid tougher,” the assertion learn.
The youth group particularly faulted the APC nationwide chairman over his alleged dealing with of experiences about Governor Mutfwang’s purported plans to defect to the occasion, accusing him of hypocrisy.
“If the defection of governors makes the occasion extra standard, why is Nentawe stopping his personal governor from becoming a member of the APC?” the group queried.
The group additional described Yilwatda’s alleged feedback that Mutfwang “lacks political worth” as reckless and uninformed, insisting that each sitting governor instructions affect in his state.
“For the nationwide chairman of a ruling occasion to assume in any other case exhibits a poor understanding of Nigeria’s political terrain. He’s nonetheless largely a political neophyte and unfit for the large duty of main the APC,” the group asserted.
The group additional alleged that since Yilwatda assumed workplace, the occasion’s Nationwide Secretary, Senator Surajudeen Ajibola Bashiru, had been working the affairs of the APC, citing the “mismanaged” Ekiti governorship major election for instance of inside dysfunction underneath the present management.
Additionally they accused Yilwatda of neglecting occasion workers, particularly junior staff, claiming that a lot of them have been planning a protest over poor welfare situations.
“He lacks charisma, capability, and the clout to command respect amongst occasion members. He has change into an ‘oh sure’ chairman with out course,” the assertion added.
However in a swift response, Kevin Pankshin, Private Assistant to Prof. Yilwatda, dismissed the allegations and stated your complete narrative round Governor Mutfwang’s defection to the APC was pure hypothesis and political mischief.
Pankshin, in a chat with Saturday Vanguard in Abuja, dismissed experiences that the APC nationwide chairman had rejected Mutfwang’s deliberate transfer to the ruling occasion, describing the declare as fabrication pushed by political opponents.
In response to him, there was no official communication or indication from Governor Mutfwang expressing curiosity in becoming a member of the APC, stressing that these spreading such rumours have been doing so for mischief and political distraction.
“Who has ever stated that Governor Mutfwang desires to hitch the APC and was rejected? No one has seen or heard that from any credible supply. The entire thing exists solely within the creativeness of those that are determined to stir division throughout the occasion,” Pankshin stated.
He alleged that these behind the experiences have been components throughout the opposition PDP who have been uncomfortable with the rising affect of Prof. Yilwatda and have been working to trigger disaffection throughout the APC forward of the 2027 common elections.
“No real APC member made these statements. These are folks from the PDP attempting to create confusion and make it look as if the APC is split,” he added.
Pankshin defined that the lukewarm reception some folks could have towards the concept of Mutfwang’s defection stems from resentment amongst a number of political teams and people in Plateau State who felt marginalized or victimized by the governor’s insurance policies.
He outlined a collection of selections by the Mutfwang administration that allegedly alienated massive segments of Plateau’s political class, together with the dissolution of 17 native authorities chairmen, their deputies, secretaries, and over 325 elected councillors, in addition to the dismissal of a whole lot of supervisory councillors and 1000’s of political appointees.
“These are already disgruntled folks. Whenever you dissolve whole native authorities constructions, demote everlasting secretaries, and sack heads of tertiary establishments with out due course of, you create political enemies. Lots of these affected have been loyal APC members who’re nonetheless bitter,” Pankshin stated.
He added that the governor’s dismissal of 1000’s of younger employees employed by the earlier administration and his dealing with of sure state appointments had deepened opposition to him amongst Plateau’s political base.
“Over 1,000 youths who have been legitimately employed by the earlier authorities have been sacked
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