Caleb Mutfwang, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Plateau State, claimed on Tuesday that 80 percent of those who voted for the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, in the state are PDP members.
Mutfwang stated this during a Channels on TV interview on Tuesday.
According to Mutfwang, the people of Plateau State preferred Obi as their presidential candidate but want the PDP to run for governor.
In the state, Obi defeated the presidential candidates of the PDP and the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Despite being led by an APC governor, Simon Lalong, who is also the Director General of the APC Presidential Campaign Council, the people of Plateau State voted for Obi.
Mutfwang, on the other hand, stated that the LP movement in the state was about Obi as a person, not LP as a party.
He said;
80 per cent of the people who voted for Peter Obi are members of the PDP. After that, they are reverting to the status quo because they only went after Mr Peter Obi because they believed in him. I can assure you that the people of Plateau State believe in us and will vote for us.
The Peter Obi phenomenon was an expression of anger with the failure of governance, nationally. People truly want change and many people found expression in the candidature of Mr Peter Obi but beyond that, local dynamics come into play.
With due respect, the Labour Party does not exist on the Plateau. It was a movement gathered around Mr Obi and some people tried to take advantage of that movement to key in but the National Assembly election proved which party is on the ground and which party the people prefer.
He claimed that LP does not stand a chance against the PDP in the March 11 governorship poll.
Mutfwang said;
The contest for the governorship If I will bring any other party to contention, it will be the APC, not the Labour Party.