The Plateau State Peoples Democratic Party governorship candidate, Senator Gyang Pwajok, and his campaign team at the weekend faced challenges during a campaign rallies in two local government areas of the Southern Senatorial District of the state.
Eyewitnesses at the Pwajok campaign rallies said the governorship candidate was booed in Shendam, which is home town to the All Progressives Congress governorship candidate, Barrister Simon Bako Lalong, while a mild drama occurred in Langtang South Local Government Area when two House of Assembly candidates of the party and their supporters had a confrontation.
Angry youths were said to have chased after Pwajok’s campaign vehicles in Shendam, shouting: “We don’t want PDP. We want APC.”
In Langtang South, Prince Vincent Venman, who had won the party primaries for the area, was substituted with Lokfa Bako by the PDP.
Supporters of the two candidates were said to have taken over the rally with numerous chants for justice, saying Venman had empowered them and won the primaries.
They were however begged to calm down and the campaign team hurriedly left the area to douse tension.
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