A Chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Plateau State, Chief Alexander Mwolwus has accused the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) of fueling internal crisis in the opposition PDP in the State.
According to him, Messrs Gyang Badung and Emmanuel Macham had earlier claimed to be the State PDP Chairman and Publicity Secretary, respectively.

He further explained that the party had last month sued the two aforementioned persons for allegedly causing rift in the party, and the court granted them bail of N5 million each, with their sureties in like sum.

The PDP Chieftain who was a former Special Adviser (SA) on Political Affairs to Former Governor Jonah Jang, wondered why somebody who was on bail could indulge in such an expensive action by forcefully trying to take over the party Secretariat.

He maintained that the attempt by the duo to ensure the sealing of the party Secretariat last Friday was the alleged handiwork of APC.

“We are aware of all the scheming of APC to destabilize PDP on the Plateau to pave way for its victory come 2019.

“If it were the duo that paid the bail bond of N5 million with those of their sureties, they won’t dare to do what they did last Friday.

“Unfortunately their sponsors have forgotten that PDP is so solid on the Plateau and would definitely give the ruling party a good fight come 2019, ’’ he boasted.

He debunked the claim that the party Secretariat was sealed up by security operatives, claiming, “even the Commissioner of Police did not buy into such a cheap blackmail.’’

Mwolwus who also aspired for the Plateau Central Senatorial ticket prior to the 2015 polls, called on the Governor Simon Lalong APC led Government to concentrate on giving the people of the State the desired governance by making life better for them, instead indulging in cheap pull him down fight.

On the economic situation in the country, the PDP Chieftain said, “many people are committing sucide and more are considering same because of the hardship in the country caused by the prevailing economic recession.”

Reacting to the allegations, the APC Publicity Secretary in the State, Chindo Dafat, denied any involvement of APC in the crisis in PDP on the Plateau.

Dafat said, “We have no hand in what is happening in PDP; what shall we gain from it?”

“We don’t have to cause confusion in the camps of the oppositions before we can win elections in 2019, simply because we are solidly on ground and in charge in Plateau”, he declared.

It would be recalled that bloodshed was averted last Friday evening at the Plateau State PDP Secretariat in Jos, when a faction loyal to Senator Alli Modu Sheriff tried to take over the place.

It took a combined team of security agencies to forestall the bloodshed.

While the group was still trying to force its way into the secretariat, news leaked to a rival faction said to have been elected through a congress and led by a former Minister of Sports, Damishi Sango.

The development forced the police, officials of the Department of State Services and Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps to immediately take over the secretariat, frisking persons going in and out of the place.

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