Ex-Minister Tapgun Dumps PDP For APC In Plateau State

Danjuma Terfa -February 4, 2019

Former Minister of Trade and Industry under President Goodluck Jonathan, Mrs Josephine Tapgun, has defected from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC) to support the re-election of President Muhammadu Buhari, Governor Simon Lalong and candidates of the party during the next elections.

Tapgun defected on Monday during the
APC campaign rally for Plateau southern senatorial district, in Shendam
Local Government Area of Plateau State.

She noted that she was
endeared to the APC following the achievements of President Buhari and
Governor Lalong in the fight against insecurity, corruption, and
poverty.

“I have come to join APC to work for the re-election of
President Muhammadu Buhari and Governor Simon Lalong. We will move from
ward-to-ward and polling-unit-to polling-unit to ensure that APC wins
the next election.

Governor Simon Lalong welcomed Tapgun to the
party and vowed to provide a level-playing ground to all members of the
party without any bias.

He said that PDP is deceiving
people; that they have a credible candidate who is a retired general and
that he will end insecurity and pay the salary of civil servants
promptly.

Lalong said PDP left the state in hunger, insecurity,
lack of payment of salaries and religious war and said APC had resolved
all those conflicts and wouldn’t want to go back to the dark days.

He
noted that President Buhari has Plateau people at heart and has worked
to redeem the image of the people who have suffered attacks due to
insecurity.

State Chairman of APC, Mr Latep Dabang, who
represented former Governor Joshua Dariye now serving a jail term due to
fraud, urged Plateau people to vote President Muhammadu Buhari and APC
during the next election.

Dariye said Buhari and Lalong had
worked to bring sanity to Plateau where crisis and herdsmen/farmers have
left the state more divided.

He said the APC government had
brought more development to Plateau and said a vote for Buhari and
Lalong in the next election means development and peace

Source:- Todayng