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 inside the get together issued a two-week ultimatum to the nationwide chairman to resign or face mass protests.
Working beneath 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 recognition throughout the nation.
“Below Nentawe’s management, the APC’s recognition continues to wane each 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 studies about Governor Mutfwang’s purported plans to defect to the get together, accusing him of hypocrisy.
“If the defection of governors makes the get together extra common, 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 get together 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 get together’s Nationwide Secretary, Senator Surajudeen Ajibola Bashiru, had been working the affairs of the APC, citing the “mismanaged” Ekiti governorship main election for instance of inside dysfunction beneath the present management.
Additionally they accused Yilwatda of neglecting get together employees, particularly junior staff, claiming that lots of them have been planning a protest over poor welfare situations.
“He lacks charisma, capability, and the clout to command respect amongst get together members. He has turn out to be 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 the 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 studies that the APC nationwide chairman had rejected Mutfwang’s deliberate transfer to the ruling get together, 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 needs to affix the APC and was rejected? No person 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 inside the get together,” Pankshin stated.
He alleged that these behind the studies have been components inside the opposition PDP who have been uncomfortable with the rising affect of Prof. Yilwatda and have been working to trigger disaffection inside the APC forward of the 2027 normal 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 might 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 choices by the Mutfwang administration that allegedly alienated giant 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. While you dissolve whole native authorities constructions, demote everlasting secretaries, and sack heads of tertiary establishments with out due course of, you create political enemies. A lot 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 staff 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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