Chief Letep Daban, the Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC), Plateau chapter, has described the defection of Sen. Joshua Dariye from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to APC as a seismic event in Plateau politics.

Daban, stressed that the party was highly delighted to receive Dariye and that his defection is a massive political gain for the APC. He noted that Dariye’s defection was done in good faith, given the internal wranglings and divisions within the “dying” PDP.

Speaking, Daban said “the senator as a politician read the situation and has taken a decisive step to leave the dying PDP brand because the party has gone beyond salvaging – to us in the APC, this is a welcome development.

Many bitter politicians (in PDP) have already sent vitriol towards the person of the amiable senator, but we know that their sinister description of him as a liability, was done out of the shame and regret of losing such a political juggernaut. “Deep down, we know that they are weeping, lamenting and gnashing their teeth for losing somebody that is very important in the politics of Plateau.

Dabang boasted that the APC is already consolidating its hold on power in Plateau, by building political bridges across tribes, ethnic groups and communities and that any elections coming up in the near future should be a relatively smooth sail for the APC.

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Dariye’s defection is sending jitters down PDP’s spine – Letep Daban