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Lalong going to the meeting with supporters and Daruyi with other stakeholders of the APC in Plateau State
The All-Progressives Congress, APC, stakeholders meeting in Plateau State on Thursday with aggrieved members yielded positive result as the factions loyal to former governors Simon Lalong and Joshua Dariye closed ranks after their first face to face interactive session since the 2023 general polls
However, the separate arrival of the supporters of the two factions accompanied by their key players initially raised concerns but shortly after they harmonized their differences.
The immediate past Governor Simon Bako Lalong was accompanied by the former Deputy Speaker ,Hon .Idris Ahmed Maje Wase and Rt.Hon Yusuf Babayo Gagdi as well as governorship candidate, Dr Nentawe and Botmang while former Governor Joshua Dariye’s camp included Prof Nora Daduut ,Hon .Lumumba Adah Adeh , former Women Affairs Minister ,Mrs Pauline Tallen, Senator. Dimka ,and others prominent plateau politicians.
The scheduled stakeholders sank their differences to review and discuss the 2023 general elections and reasons of APC failure to produce the next successor to replace Lalong. Other agenda discussed at the party office at Kalwa House were the anti -party activities of its members in the 17 Local Government Areas of the State during and after the Presidential, National Assembly, Governorship and the State House of Assembly elections.
In their separate contributions the meeting agreed that only those who genuinely worked for the success of the APC in the 2023 their names be forwarded to the National Secretariat for appropriate appointments while those who were guilty of anti-party activities should be sanctioned to serve as a deterrent for others and the consolidation of party structure.
Lalong used the occasion to appeal to all party faithful to forget the past by forgiving each other for the progress of the party and the state at large.
He assured everyone that the Plateau State APC governorship candidate, Dr. Nentawe Yilwatda Goshwe, is going to get justice at the tribunal and secure the State.
Lalong praised the Plateau State APC members of the National Assembly for acting maturely and falling in line into the mainstream national politics after the leadership tussle of both chambers of the national assembly.
The Former Secretary ,Alh . Bashir Musa-Sati expressed confidence that the APC is on the part of fostering peace and are ready to promote peaceful coexistence.
He prayed that the unity of the party is sacrosanct and he urged aggrieved members to solicit for the restoration of APC in the state .
