One-time Minister of Trade and Industry under former President Goodluck Jonathan, Hon. Josephine Tapgun, has dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and pitched tent with the All Progressives Congress (APC).
She her aim was to support the re-election of President Muhammadu Buhari, Governor Simon Lalong and candidates of the party during the next elections.
Tapgun defected to APC, on Monday, during the party’s 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.
According to her, “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 win the next election.”
Governor Simon Lalong welcomed Hon. Tapgun to the party and vowed to provide a level playing ground to all members of the party without any bias.
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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 salary of civil servants promptly.
Governor Lalong said PDP left the state in hunger, insecurity, lack of payment of salaries and religious war and said APC has 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 work to redeem the image of the people who have suffered attack due to insecurity.
State Chairman of APC, Hon. Latep Dabang who represented former Governor Joshua Dariye who is serving jail term due to fraud, urged Plateau people to vote President Muhammadu Buhari and APC during the next election.
Dariye said President Buhari and Governor Lalong have worked to bring sanity in Plateau where crisis and herdsmen/farmers have left the state more divided.
He said the APC Government has has brought more development to Plateau and said a vote for Buhari and Lalong in the next election mean development and peace.
