North-Central APC discussion board hails Mutfwang’s defection

The North-Central All Progressives Congress Discussion board has counseled Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang, for defecting from the Peoples Democratic Party to the APC, describing the transfer as historic and strategic for the area.

The discussion board, in a press release issued by its Chairman, Alhaji Saleh Zazzaga, on Friday, welcomed the Plateau governor into the get together whereas thanking him for heeding their name.

The discussion board assured the governor of their full help, recalling that the Discussion board had, since April 2024, constantly campaigned for Mutfwang to hitch the APC

Mutfwang’s defection was formally confirmed on Thursday night time by the APC Nationwide Chairman, Professor Nentawe Yilwatda, in the course of the get together’s 14th Nationwide Caucus assembly held on the State Home Convention Centre, Abuja.

The Discussion board within the assertion additional counseled the governor for steering all his aides to defect with him to the ruling get together.

The Discussion board described Mutfwang’s determination as a serious political milestone, noting that the North-Central has now turn into the one geopolitical zone with all six states ruled by APC governors.

“We’re happy to announce the profitable fruits of our agitation and marketing campaign for Governor Caleb Mutfwang of Plateau State to hitch the APC. We thank him for heeding our name, which was motivated by our dedication to the pursuits of Plateau State and all the North-Central,” the assertion stated.

It added that the marketing campaign was pushed by the governor’s efficiency in workplace and the assumption that he would obtain extra on a secure political platform such because the APC.

The Discussion board additional stated Mutfwang’s defection would strengthen collaboration with President Bola Tinubu and improve the supply of democratic dividends to the individuals of Plateau State and the broader North-Central area.

“With this improvement, the North-Central is now the one zone the place all six states are ruled by the APC. This historic achievement has actualised our imaginative and prescient of delivering all the area to our nice get together,” the Discussion board acknowledged.

Reaffirming its political dedication forward of the 2027 common election, the Discussion board restated its pledge to ship six million votes for President Tinubu’s re-election. It recalled that the goal was elevated from 4 million to 6 million votes in April 2025, alongside a dedication to win all elective positions within the zone.

“Our pledge to ship six million votes for Mr President is on target, particularly now that every one states within the zone are below the APC. The President can relaxation assured of the North-Central’s help in 2027,” the assertion stated.

The Discussion board additionally thanked Tinubu for offering what it described because the management atmosphere that made Mutfwang’s defection doable.

It recalled that shortly after the Supreme Courtroom affirmed Mutfwang’s election in April 2024, the Discussion board formally invited him to hitch the APC and notified the get together’s nationwide secretariat of the transfer. It additionally cited a March 2024 assembly with Plateau APC leaders in Abuja, convened to strategise on his defection.

The assertion famous that rumours of Mutfwang’s defection had surfaced in December 2024, following the circulation of his {photograph} alongside APC governors in the course of the Edo State governorship election, which he later denied by means of his Director of Press and Public Affairs, Gyang Bere.

Regardless of opposition from some Plateau APC leaders, who in October 2025 handed a movement rejecting his doable defection, the Discussion board maintained that such resistance was pushed by private pursuits reasonably than the get together’s collective good.

The Discussion board dismissed protests and rallies staged by some APC members in Plateau State, and rejected claims that the APC Nationwide Chairman tried to dam Mutfwang’s entry into the get together.

It insisted that the nationwide chairman had no authority to stop the governor’s defection, stressing that solely APC ward executives in Mutfwang’s Mangu Ward have been constitutionally empowered to confess him.

The Discussion board additionally reiterated its earlier name on Tinubu and APC governors, below the Progressive Governors Discussion board, to intervene and guarantee a clean integration of Governor Mutfwang into the get together.