I’m Under Intense Pressure To Dump PDP, Join APC – Plateau Governor Mutfwang

The Plateau State governor, Caleb Mutfwang, has revealed that he is facing mounting pressure to defect from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

Speaking during an event held at the Banquet Hall of the Government House in Jos, the governor said despite the pressure, his political future would be determined only by God and the will of the people.

“It is true that they have been putting pressure on me. But I told them that only two people can authorise me to change my party — one is the God of heaven, and the other is you, the people.“Have you asked me to go anywhere?”

Recently the Enugu State governor, Peter Mbah, dumped the PDP and formally joined the APC.

So also, the Bayelsa State governor, Duoye Diri, dumped the PDP but has yet to announce the party he was defecting to.

Meanwhile, former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, on Monday accused President Bola Tinubu’s administration of plunging Nigeria into what he described as “a police state where fear reigns supreme,” warning that the country was fast sliding into dictatorship under the guise of law enforcement.

In a piece release  titled “A Nation Gripped in the Throes of Fear,” Atiku said the Tinubu-led government has “metamorphosed into a leviathan that thrives on intimidation,” using draconian laws such as the Cyberstalking Act to silence critics, journalists, and opposition voices.

According to Atiku, the act — often invoked to arrest dissenters — has become “a modern tool of tyranny reminiscent of colonial sedition laws,” weaponised to harass and imprison citizens for merely expressing dissenting opinions.

“There is a disturbing yet growing pattern by which the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu continues to muzzle free speech and, in so doing, erode the integrity of the democratic ethos that define our nation,” Atiku wrote.

“If this creeping culture of repression continues unchecked, it will ultimately turn the Federal Government into a bully.”