Stakeholders of Jos South All Progressives Congress (APC) said they remain committed to ensuring that the Plateau state governor, Simon Lalong wins the forthcoming governorship election.
The spokesman of the APC stakeholders, Hon Pam Ayuba said Lalong remains “our Rescue Captain and together we shall work to deliver all our candidates at the forthcoming elections God willing.”
Speaking on the recent defection of Hon Edward Pwajok (SAN) to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the group said that Pwajok returned alone to PDP.
“We have gathered here to address you on certain political developments particularly, the recent defection of Hon. Edward Gyang Pwajok, SAN, to the opposition PDP.
“He is the current National Assembly member representing the good and hard working people of Jos South/Jos East Federal constituency of Plateau State at the 8th NASS.”
He noted that the federal lawmaker’s defection was long anticipated after he failed to secure the Senatorial ticket of the Plateau north senatorial zone of the APC.
“To those of us, his political associates who knew him; and to those who have followed his political antecedents, that he decamped back to the PDP was not surprising.
“But he was merely demonstrating a character trend he is known with close to three decades that he has been in active politics. To us, it was a familiar terrain he was working and passing through.
” It is recalled that Pwajok early January, 2018; printed posters that littered major streets of Jos and environs seeking the position of the northern zone Senator.
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“The posters took many of his supporters unawares and there was no explanation from him in spite of several entreaties on him to explain the status of the posters!
“When we demanded a meeting be called to discuss on the political future of the group, especially his aspiration then, he rebuffed each advice and went on to continue with his political activities silently without recourse to his supporters. ”
“Recall also, that since May, 2017 when we officially defected to the APC, he has never for once seen wisdom in calling us together to sit and reappraise our status. We were all kept in a political limbo, hanging in the air not knowing where to go except that we should wait and dance to his tune.
“This continued up till the late hours that he contested for the primaries of the party for the northern Senatorial seat which he lost to Hon Rufus Bature, the immediate past Secretary to the Government of the State.
“Immediately after he failed to secure the ticket of the Senatorial zone, he began to show trends that were peculiar to him and to those who knew his antics, knew that the time was up as he was such a man that never took lightly failure, not even of this magnitude. ”
At the meeting he held Friday, 11th January, 2019, eve of his re-defection at his residence with majority of those who are here except for a few of us who were not invited including the Management committee chairman of Jos South, Hon. Dr. Gideon Davou and the Works commissioner, Hon. Pam Botmang who together with majority of those here gave their hearts out to work for his Senatorial ambition. “
