by Panshak Ibrahim

A former Governor of Plateau State, Amb. Fidelis Tapgun, who is a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, has confessed to have worked for the success of the All Progressives Congress in the 2015 general elections.

Tapgun said he decided to work for the APC because of the injustice suffered by party members and the impunity of state governors, who imposed their candidates for elections at various levels.

Speaking to journalists at his country home in Jos on Tuesday, April 21, he said the PDP worked against itself in the election.

He confessed thus:

“I contributed to the success of APC in the state because my party failed. My party failed to zone the governorship to the South and that’s the greatest error made by the party. APC fortunately zoned the governorship to the South, and quite naturally, it won.

“Contributing to APC victory was not because we were gratified, it was not hidden at all; it was not anything we did behind the scene. We openly said we were going to work against the PDP in Plateau State and we did to the end.

“We are PDP; we are not going out and we did it to the end. So the success of APC is on the platform of PDP and it was not anything we are ashamed of. It is good to show people that whenever you don’t perform, you will be kicked out.”

We are determined that the party will not die. We are reformed PDP and Jang’s party or Raymond Dabo (PDP chairman in Plateau) party. There are no two factions, there is only one and we are going to reform it.”

Kolapo Olapoju