A political group has urged President Bola Tinubu to call the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Nentawe Yilwatda over the alleged plan by the Governor of Plateau State, Caleb Mutfwang to decamp to the ruling party.
The group operating under the umbrella of Plateau Political Vanguard (PPV) made the appeal via an open letter to the president.
Signed by Comrade Jones Nyimi Ferrari, PPV’s spokesman, said that the recent charades paraded as “political activities,” and a plethora of sponsored statements and rallies with the intent of ridiculing and resisting a purported defection claim of Governor Mutfwang to the APC, have done nothing but reveal a shocking lack of maturity and foresight from individuals who ought to embody restraint and responsibility.
Ferrari said, “We write with a great sense of duty and humility to draw your benevolent attention to the political circus currently unfolding in Plateau State, an embarrassing spectacle allegedly choreographed by the National Chairman of your party and his ever-restless legion of political wanderers.
He also accused the national chairman of the party of not exhibiting the character of a true leader but that of a hobbyist fascinated with deceit and chaos, one that now threatens the fragile goodwill your government has begun to rebuild in Plateau.”
“Your Excellency, it is increasingly difficult to ignore the glaring reality because apparently, the National Chairman has abandoned the dignity of his mandate and refashioned his office into a provincial weapon for settling local personal grievances.”
“His actions demonstrate neither emotional intelligence nor strategic sensibility, and if anything, they expose a consistent pattern of misjudgment and ineptitude, unworthy of the position he currently occupies.”
“We must be blunt, with all due respect, Sir, the truth remains that Nentawe can not deliver 20 per cent of Plateau votes to you, and the 2023 electoral mathematics remains accessible for the avoidance of doubts or any ambiguity,” Ferrari said.
Further noting the people of Plateau are not politically naive, and their disillusionment with the APC under the previous administration was rooted in legitimate grievances, religious mistrust, among others, Ferrari said Nentawe is rekindling old wounds and reigniting dormant resentment toward the party.
He added, “The overwhelming majority of Plateau people stand firmly with Governor Mutfwang, and it irritates them more each day that the APC National Chairman, whose political and intellectual weight cannot hold a candle to the Governor’s yet, attempts to position himself as an equal.
“Your Excellency, the moment has come to place necessary caution where it is overdue. The National Chairman must understand his boundaries, he must recognise his lane, and he must stop undermining both your political capital and the peace of Plateau State, just because he thinks he must be Governor by force. We remain open to correction should any portion of this letter create unintended optics,” Ferrari added.
