Mutfwang noted that APC’s Legacy Group members benefited more from appointments and party positions than those who defected with him from the PDP.
By Kehinde Okeowo
Governor of Plateau State, Caleb Mutfwang has clarified claims that he signed a 60-40 cabinet-sharing formula before defecting from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress, (APC), inspiring such deal never took place.
He made this known on Friday at the Government House in Jos, the state capital, during the swearing-in of three new commissioners.
Mutfwang, after months of speculation, officially defected from the PDP to the APC on January 2, 2026, following his formal resignation letter dated December 29, 2025.
However, after the recent cabinet reshuffle, a group within the APC known as the “Legacy Group”, loyal to former Governor Simon Lalong, brought up the controversial agreement.
While condemning being overlooked, the group claimed the governor’s action negated the terms of the agreement he allegedly signed before he joined the APC.
It further argued that under the terms of the agreement, its members should also have been included in the cabinet-sharing process.
Reacting to the allegation, Mutfwang insisted that no such agreement was reached between his administration and the APC hierarchy in the state.
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Describing the assertion as a wild misconception,
he added that at no time did he enter into such an arrangement with the Lalong group, nor did he base his defection to the APC on the understanding that his cabinet appointments would be shared on such terms.
Speaking at the swearing-in ceremony, he said, “To correct some rumours that have been going around, the APC chairman is here; I never made any promise to share government positions since my journey to the APC. I made a commitment to share party positions. I never had an agreement to do a 60-40 per cent cabinet.”
Mutfwang, however, noted that even after he joined the APC, those who had benefited most from appointments and party positions were members of the Legacy Group, even more than those who defected with him from the PDP.
He emphasised that 16 of the 24 APC House of Assembly candidates were members of the Legacy Group, while only eight joined the party alongside him from the PDP.
“The time has come when we must kill the dichotomy between the governance group and the Legacy Group. We are one big family.
“As I am talking to you today, out of the 24 members of the House of Assembly, 16 are APC Legacy members. Only eight who crossed with me became candidates for the House of Assembly. Are we fair?
“We have people who have been in the APC, but we bring them into government because we believe they have something to offer, not because they are APC members,” he added.
