With the return of democratic structures in 1999, the political arena in Plateau State has been a theatre of some intrigues despite the myriad of security challenges ravaging the state.
Plateau was a stronghold of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, before it was taken over by the All Progressives Congress, APC in 2015 as a result of a miscalculation by the then ruling PDP in its selection of a gubernatorial candidate.
However, the PDP has now regained power in the state.
The APC led by Barr Simon Lalong governed the State for eight years.
However, the party failed to win the mind and soul of an average Plateau citizen under his tenure; many still held the opinion that the PDP was a better option.
The Party’s woes were compounded by the selection process during its governorship primary election last year which led to the emergence of Dr Nentawe Yilwatda.
Nentawe’s emergence was greeted with disaffection among some party stalwarts, with Dr Patrick Dakum dumping the party and flying the ticket of the Labour Party, LP, in the gubernatorial polls, coming a distant third in the race.
There were also a litany of ligations against the emergence of Yilwatda, but the elections have come and gone.
Those who won have started the act of governance, while the aggrieved are slugging it out at the various election tribunals in the State.
Interest has now shifted to the scramble for federal appointments, a development that is pitching the party members against each other.
Some members are being accused of engaging in anti-party activities during the general elections.
The APC, which was the ruling party in the State came second to the LP in the Presidential election. The PDP came third.
In the National Assembly elections, the PDP won two senatorial seats, five House of Representatives seats, while the APC won a senatorial seat and three House of Representatives seats; the Labour Party did not win any.
Sadly, the sitting governor (Lalong) lost his senatorial bid in Plateau South, winning only one (Wase) out of the six councils, also losing his council of origin (Shendam).
The implication of the above is that Plateau people were really careful about who they wanted for a particular position.
However, recently, some stalwarts of the APC in the State raised concerns that plans were being hatched to suspend some of them from the party over alleged anti-party activities.
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