Pauline Tallen, a former Plateau State Deputy Governor, and six former Commissioners and Special Advisers on Wednesday announced their decision to join the All Progressives Congress from the Peoples Democratic Party.
The defectors were formally received into the APC fold at a heavily crowded APC gubernatorial rally held at Nefur Arena, Pankshin Local Governemnt Area of the state.
Tallen, who contested for the governorship election on the platform of Labour Party in 2011, had in December joined the PDP before cross carpeting to the APC.
Other defectors included Nuhu Gagara, former Commissioner for Information; Nangin Bagudu, former Commissioner for Works; Joel Gwatau, former Commissioner for Environment; and Na-Allah Mutfwang, former Commissioner for Agriculture.
The rest were Zakaria Gosham, Dan Manjang and Luka Fwangyi, who served Governor Jonah Jang as Special Advisers and Head of Service respectively.
Receiving the defectors, Zakari Idi, the APC Vice Chairman for the North Central Zone, expressed happiness for their decision to join the party.
“We believe that by your coming to join us in APC, you will work tirelessly for the party’s victory at all levels in the forth coming general elections,” Idi said.
In her remarks, Tallen, who was Jang’s former deputy, pledged to work for the victory of the APC and its gubernatorial candidate, Simon Lalong, as well as the party’s presidential candidate, General Mahammadu Buhari, in next month’s elections.
“I left PDP because of the injustice, corruption and insensitivity of leaders of the party in the state and hope to effect the necessary change in APC,” she said.
The News agency of Nigeria reports that the crowd at the APC rally was unprecedented.
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