The Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang has dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), leaving the PDP with only four of its governors in the troubled party.
The remaining PDP governors are Seyi Makinde (Oyo), Bala Mohammed (Bauchi), Dauda Lawal (Zamfara) and Ahmadu Fintiri (Adamawa).
Mutfwang attempts to join the APC were initially thwarted by the ruling party’s leaders in the North Central zone, including the APC National Chairman, Prof Nentawe Yiltwada.
The governor however, did not repent, as he was reported to have initiated behind the scene negotiations and horse trading with prominent APC leaders in the zone.
With Mutfwang’s defection, the six states in the North Central zone are now under the control of the APC.
The PDP had lost seven of its governors to the APC from April 2025 to date.
The six who dumped the party for the APC earlier, were Sheriff Oborevwori (Delta), Umo Eno (Akwa Ibom), Peter Mbah (Enugu), Douye Diri (Bayelsa), Agbu Kefas (Taraba) and Siminalayi Fubara (Rivers).
The Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, was the only one that defected to the Accord Party.
No fewer than two of the four remaining governors in the PDP are being speculated to be on their way out of the party any time soon.
Many of the defectors, mainly first time governors, were forced to dump the PDP to pave the way for their re-election and to save their political careers.
With the defection of the Plateau governor, the APC now has 28 governors out of 36.