2023 Race: Crisis brews in Plateau PDP as Jang withdraws support for Atiku



The Peoples Democratic Party PDP, in Plateau State, is enmeshed in a crisis following the announcement by a former governor of the state, Jonah David Jang, that he was pulling out from the campaign council of the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar.

Jonah Jang alongside other party members, loyal to Governor Nyesom Ezonwo Wike, on Thursday, pulled out of Atiku’s campaign team, following the refusal of the National Chairman of the party, Iyorchia Ayu, to resign his position, to pave way for someone from the Southern part of the country to replace him.

However, soon after Mr Jang’s withdrawal from the campaign council, some stakeholders of the party known as the ‘Plateau for Atiku Group’ disowned the statement credited to Jang asking  Ayu to resign.

According to the group, the state chapter of the party did not authorise Jang’s statement and what he said was his personal opinion. They added.

In a statement signed by its interim secretary, Shedrack Best, the group frowned at the former governor’s position.

The statement in part reads, “Our former governor, Sen. Jonah David Jang has made remarks contrary to the position of the Stakeholders and it’s time we make clarifications. We dissociate ourselves from the position of our former governor. He did not speak for us nor did he for the party in the state.

“We were taken aback by such remarks and as loyal party men and women, we encourage the peaceful resolution of the impasse and not actions that will fuel it out of proportion. We stand by the National Chairman and our Presidential candidate. Sen. Jang is not the face of the party in the state. He is not our spokesman and he cannot decide for us.”

“While we pray for an amicable resolution of the crisis for the party to take its bearing and prepare for victory, we are not happy that those who are in a position to offer constructive counsel and solutions are adding to the crisis”, the statement added.

However, Clinton Garuba, media consultant to Mr Jang, described Atiku’s loyalists as an “unknown” group, saying Jang’s decision to pull out of Atiku’s campaign team was right, and he did that in the interest of justice, equity and fairness.

“Senator Jang and the real stakeholders in the party are not surprised that such a publication is authored by Prof. Shedrack Best who is still aggrieved and sulking over his loss in the recently held primaries of the PDP in Plateau State. He needs to let go of the bitterness against Jang as he is not responsible for his loss, as the stakeholders agreed then that, the delegates voted for aspirants and only one winner could emerge,” he concluded.

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