2023: Lalong’s Deputy Joins Plateau Guber Race

JOS – Plateau Deputy Governor Professor Sonnie Gwanle Tyoden has joined the Governorship race in Plateau State.

This decision, www.tracknews.ng learnt, was taken after due consultation with his party stakeholders in the 17 local government areas (LGAs) of his state.

Tyoden, a political strategist and a fellow of Nigeria Institute International Affairs and a fellow of Social Science Academy of Nigeria became Deputy Governor to Governor Simon Lalong in 2015 under the platform of All Progressives Congress (APC) and also ran a joint ticket with Governor Lalong in the 2019 Governorship race on the Plateau which they won.

Professor Tyoden, who was also a former Vice Chancellor of the University of Jos, has gone into this race with a belief that having served for almost two terms as Deputy Governor of the state under Lalong administration, he has what it takes to continue as next governor of Plateau state come 2023.

www.tracknews.ng findings also reveal that not less than seven billboards of Professor Tyoden 2023 Governorship Aspiration tagged: “Trust Tyoden” have been mounted at choice locations in Jos, Kanam-Langtang junction, Shendam- Jibam-Quan’anpan junction, Panyam-Shendam junction among other strategic locations within other LGAs in the state.

When contacted, Chief Nash Vongdip, a Chieftain of the ruling party in the state from Langtang North LGA of the state, told www.tracknews.ng that Professor Tyoden is the right governorship aspirant to clinch APC gubernatorial ticket in the state has worked with his principal Lalong for two terms in office.

According to him, even though other aspirants are good materials, what they want in 2023 is continuity which Tyoden is eminently qualified to carry on from where Governor Lalong will stop in 2023.

www.tracknews.ng also gathered that Professor Tyoden’s political associates have gone into political trenches in the 17 local governments and electoral wards on the Plateau mounting a vigorous campaign for Deputy Governor Professor Sonni Gwanle Tyoden to clinch APC gubernatorial ticket ahead of the 2023 general election.