The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), has officially announced the defection of Governor Caleb Mutfwang of Plateau State, from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Nentawe Yilwatda, a Plateau State native and APC National Chairman, made the news at the party’s 14th National Caucus meeting at the State House Conference Centre in Abuja.
Yilwatda pointed out that the APC now controls every state in the North Central area following Governor Caleb Mutfwang’s exit from the PDP.
During the ceremony, the APC chairman issued a deadline of January 30, 2026, for all party members to complete their computerised membership registration.
He said that the computerised membership registration system’s activation, which had already begun, would improve internal democracy, data integrity, and openness.
“We’ve done training at the state level, we’ve done a zonal level, we’ve done a local government in most of the states. And I want to urge our stakeholders to support the nationwide rollout of this noble activity.
“Let us use the opportunity to assure all the new members that they have all the rights and privileges within the party, to urge them to capitalize on the nationwide membership registration, to register their supporters. So both the old and new members should go to the portal and register all their members.
“We expect that this drive should be done from now to January ending, 30th of January. All members must have registered and prepared for our congresses that will come ahead,” he said.
President Bola Tinubu, Vice President Kashim Shettima, the National Assembly’s key leadership, and former Vice President Yemi Osinbajo were present during the meeting.
Attendees included former governors, the national leadership of the party, and APC governors, including Peter Mbah of Enugu, Douye Diri of Bayelsa, Agbu Kefas of Taraba, and Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State, who just defected to the party.
