In a scene many locals are already calling the perfect postcard for a political era that just ended, a well-known Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) office in Plateau State has been swapped for a riot of onions, tomatoes, and peppers.
The swap happened almost overnight, arriving on the heels of Governor Mutfwang’s hop to the All Progressives Congress. Pictures doing the rounds online show the former strategy hub—once thick with party chiefs and volunteers—now crammed with woven baskets, weighing scales, and traders haggling over the price of pepper. Where party flags used to flap, sack-loads of onions sit in neat rows, a literal “we’re closed” sign for the opposition in that neighbourhood.
Residents are split between laughter and disbelief; the power vacuum left by the governor’s exit has been filled, quick-fast, by the hum of everyday commerce. The state PDP is still mum about the makeover, but the photos have already become a stand-in for the party’s waning grip on the ground.
