By Jatmak Solomon, Jos
Having come out from internal squabbles that rocked the Plateau Publishers Association, another one is fast brewing which might scatter the association due to external influence from the faction of the Plateau State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), which said the chairman of the association is partisan and an arch enemy of their party which if not stopped will cause serious havoc in 2023.
Publicity Secretary of the PDP faction, John Akans, was seen inciting two members of the PPA Congress at a joint, telling them that the PPA chairman Shabul Mazadu has taken sides with the APC, and has corruptly given a Peace Award to Governor Lalong which is a clear omen that he will mobilize the PPA members who are so many on social media and print on hard copies for a fierce battle against the PDP in 2023.
He challenged them to open their eyes and see the people they are paying courtesy calls to, how many of them are in the PDP?
The PDP PPA members promised to pick up the challenge which they did and swung into action by winning two members of the EXCO, and an additional member of the Congress making five.
Investigation have it that they are contacting other members to support their course which if they failed to remove the chairman, they will break the association into faction.
Investigation also revealed that the Christmas, Easter, and Ramadan cards produced by the association were shared to both PDP and APC members, and also attempts by the PPA to pay courtesy call on some PDP stalwarts failed to materialise. So far, 80% of the PPA members are strongly behind the chairman. However, the question is, will the PDP members of the PPA win more to their side? If they fail to remove the chairman, will they truly break away? Only time will tell.
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