Former Plateau state governor and leader of The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) leader in former Jonah David Jang, has told Governor Caleb Mutfwang to resign and contest a fresh election.
Jang made the call at a stakeholders’ meeting of the PDP against the backdrop Muftwang’s recent decamping from the PDP to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Jang said since Muftwang has quit and joined another party, he should resign his position, join the new political party and recontest the election.
According to Jang, “I don’t know where we got this idea carrying people’s mandate without even thinking twice about it to other areas. And you start giving all kinds of reasons.
“You should first resign that position, call for a fresh election and then you can recontest in the new party. That should be the right democracy.
“Caleb Mutfwang is still the governor of Plateau state and it is we that brought him to power. Before he disposes of us, he has to complete this tenure with us.
“He can’t take our mandate anywhere. We campaign and voted for him. It is the PDP government that built that government house.“
Jang faulted the Nigerian system that allows indiscriminate defections of political office holders from one party to another, saying the trend negatively affect the democratic system.
“I have never seen name of any individual written on any ballot paper. It is a party that is written on ballot paper. It is party that wins election, not individuals.
“Nigeria is the only country that somebody is elected on the platform of a party and takes the mandate of that party to another party. I have never seen in a democratic country where someone wins an election and takes the mandate to another party, “ he said.
