- The ruling APC has lost over 458 members to the PDP in Plateau state
- The defectors believe the PDP is a moving train that will take them to the Promised Land
- Hon. Amos Gombi, deputy chairman of the PDP in Plateau state, commend the people for returning to PDP
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has welcomed over 458 members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Langtang South local government council of Plateau state.
According to a report on Leadership, the defectors were received at Kumbur community where the state commissioner for special duties Hon. Hitler Dadi hails from.
Speaking at the ceremony, Hon. Amos Gombi, deputy chairman of the PDP in Plateau state, commended the people for returning to PDP.
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According to him, the returnees will be accorded the same status with other members of PDP in the locality.
Gombi said he was happy that the people have discovered that the APC lied to them in Plateau state in 2015 and is still lying till today.
He added the road linking Shendam to Langtang South was constructed by Sen. Jonah Jang’s administration, stressing that since two years that the APC came on board, nothing has been added to it.
On his part, Simon Domle, the vice chairman of PDP in Plateau South, said he was happy to receive the APC defectors back to their original home.
He assured them that true change will come in 2019 when the mandate of the people will be returned.
Similarly, Joyce Rapnan, a former deputy speaker and member representing Langtang South state constituency in Plateau state House of Assembly said she was overwhelmed by the gathering of the people to say no to APC in the area.
She assured the defectors that the mistake of 2015 will be corrected.
She said that apart from the bore hole she provided for her people when she was in the state house of assembly, nothing has been added to them under the APC government.
Rapnan called on her people to be ready to vote massively for PDP candidates in the forthcoming local government council election and 2019 general election from the locality.
Leader of the decampees, Denis Waidu, on his part, said he was happy to lead hundreds of defectors back to PDP in the locality.
According to him, the PDP is a moving train that will take them to the Promised Land.
The return of APC defectors to the main opposition party comes few hours after at least 500 members of the PDP in Ozubulu, Ekwusigo local government area of Anambra state defected to the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA),
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