Mutfwang remains PDP leader in Plateau – Party secretary, Choji

Despite the reported defection of Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, the Publicity Secretary of the PDP in the state, Dr Felix Choji, maintains the governor remained a member and leader of the PDP in the state.

Recall that on Wednesday, December 17th, 2025, the National Chairman of the APC, Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda had announced Mutfwang’s defection during the party’s 14th National Caucus meeting at the State House Conference Centre in Abuja.
But despite the announcement, Choji still believes that the governor is a member of the PDP, as there has been no official correspondence from the governor indicating that he is leaving the party.

Choji who disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday, December 31, stated that despite plans by the APC to formally receive the governor into the party on January 20, 2026, he remains a PDP even as he has not informed his supporters at his ward, local government, and zonal levels, of his official defection.
“The truth of the matter is that as a party in the Plateau, we are yet to receive any correspondence from him (Governor) or through any of the proxies of his intention to leave the PDP. As of today, the governor still remains a valid member and leader of the PDP in Plateau State,” Choji said in the statement.

“He is the leader of the party as we speak; we have not received any letter or correspondence that he is leaving our party. So, as far as we are concerned, a train cannot move without its head; he is the leader, and the party is waiting for his pronouncement.
“In politics, your membership emanates from your ward. We have not received anything from his ward or from the local government he hails from or from his zone, so we have not received any letter or communication to that effect from these three organs. We have done our checks, and there’s nothing of that nature.”