Plateau Governor, Lalong, APC suffer setback as PDP captures his zone

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Governor Lalong

By Raymond Gukas, Jos

Governor Simon Bako Lalong
of Plateau State and his party, the All Progressives Congress, APC, has suffered a major blow in his Southern Senatorial zone, following the loss of massive APC’s supporters to the rival Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in the state.

A statement from the state’s directorate of Media and Publicity of the Atiku/Okowa presidential campaign said the zone, made up of Shendam, Langtang North and South, Mikang, Qanpang and Wase LGCs cintributed no fewer than 17,000 decampees mostly from the APC.

The statement signed by Abraham Yiljab, the director, stated that this was as the PDP commenced its 2023 campaigns for all PDP members in the state.

The statement read, “It was an exuberant air on Tuesday January 10 at the Shendam stadium when over 17,000 former members of the APC changed camp and declared their support and loyalty to the PDP. The decampees were from the six local governments that make up the zone.

“Shendam local government area alone documented and confirmed over five thousand decampees while the rest came from Qua’an-Pan, Wase, Langtang North, Mikang and Langtang South LGAs”

They were received by the PDP Zonal Chairman, Simon Domle who in turn handed them over to the state party Chairman, Hon Chris Hassan.

Spokespersons of the decampees said they had tried the other camp and left because PDP has a much more convincing and credible leadership as well as superior programmes.

They promised to remain loyal to the PDP and campaign vigorously for the success of the party at the polls in February and March 2023.

With the successful hosting of the zonal rally in Shendam, all eyes are now focused on the flag offs coming up at the Northern Zone on Thursday January 12 and that of the Central Zone coming up at Pankshin on Saturday, January 14, 2023.