From Ndubuisi Orji, Abuja
Amid speculations that some governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have concluded plans to dump party, the opposition party, on Friday, said its strengthen lies with the people.
The PDP National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, stated this, while fielding questions from journalists, at party’s National Convention Organising Committee (NCOC) secretariat, at the Legacy House, Abuja. Ologunagba stated that Nigerians are interested in what happens in the opposition party, because it is the only truly democratic party in the country.
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Recently, Delta State governor, Sheriff Oborevbori, Akwa Ibom governor, Umo Eno, former Delta governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, as well as several members of the National Assembly, elected on the platform of the PDP defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Also, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and former Senate President, David Mark, have also dumped the PDP for the African Democratic Congress (ADC).
And there speculations that Governors Diri Douye and Peter Mbah of Bayelsa and Enugu states respectively are on the verge of defecting from the opposition party.
However, the PDP spokesman noted that while the party is concerned by the exit of some of its leaders, it is not deterred in its quest to hold a successful national convention and position itself for the 2027 general election.
Ologunagba, who responding to question on the rumoured defection plans of some of its governors, said all the defections are allegedly orchestrated by the All Progressives Congress (APC).
According to him, “the defection that you claimed has happened or is likely to happen are not based on policy or on principle, there are induced by coercion, intimidation and harassment and that has been the policy of the APC.
“We have it now that there have been rumors of the fact that members of the House of Reps are being induced with a huge sum of money, that is at the House of Representatives and at the Senate to defect.
“But again, for emphasis, the election of 2027 and many after that, it’s not going to be on the basis of defecting. What would make a difference in that election is the insecurity that is ravaging the whole country and no part is exempted. It is the fact that life has become almost brutish in this country.
“Nigerian people have not decamped from hunger, and they want to. And if they are going to decamp from hunger, they will be coming to PDP, which is prosperity and hope. Not just because we’re saying, it’s not sloganeering, we are not just saying slogan. It is based on our track record of performance.”
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