Jos — Six of the commissioners who worked with Governor Jonah Jang during his first term and three other prominent members of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have defected to the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) yesterday, describing the PDP at the state and national levels as a sinking party that they could no longer be a part of.

Hon Daniel Ajik from Jos East Local Government Area (LGA), Nankin Bagudu from Mikang LGA, Nuhu Gagara from Mangu, Benahel Andong from Bokkos, Na’Allah Mutbam from Kanke, Dan Manjang from Riyom and Joel Gotau from Langtang North as well as the three others who also held various public positions in the state declared their intention to join the APC at a press briefing in Rayfield where they were received by officials of the party.

Jos — Six of the commissioners who worked with Governor Jonah Jang during his first term and three other prominent members of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have defected to the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) yesterday, describing the PDP at the state and national levels as a sinking party that they could no longer be a part of.

Hon Daniel Ajik from Jos East Local Government Area (LGA), Nankin Bagudu from Mikang LGA, Nuhu Gagara from Mangu, Benahel Andong from Bokkos, Na’Allah Mutbam from Kanke, Dan Manjang from Riyom and Joel Gotau from Langtang North as well as the three others who also held various public positions in the state declared their intention to join the APC at a press briefing in Rayfield where they were received by officials of the party.

Reading a statement on behalf of other defectors, Bagudu said they have had enough of poor performance of the PDP-led government at both state and federal levels and that they were joining the APC to enhance the chances of the party’s governorship candidate for the state, Barrister Simon Lalong, as well as the party’s presidential candidate General Muhammadu Buhari.

Lalong, who attended the press briefing, thanked the nine new members for deciding to swell the ranks of the APC and to brighten his chances of being elected in the February 28 governorship poll.

In his remark, state chairman of the party Latep Dabang assured them of equal treatment in the party.

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6 Former Commissioners of the Jonah Jang Administration Decamp to APC