Defections: Nigerians won’t buy one-party in 2027 – Lagos PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) successful Lagos State says Nigeria cannot go a one-party state, adjacent with the caller gale of defections from absorption parties to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that a fig of governors, senators, members of the House of Representatives and authorities houses of assembly elected connected the level of PDP and different parties have dumped their parties for APC.

NAN recalls that PDP’s Gov. Peter Mbah of Enugu State and Douye Diri of Bayelsa precocious joined the increasing fig of national and authorities lawmakers successful their respective states.

The Akwa Ibom Gov. Umo Eno formally near the PDP and joined the APC successful aboriginal June, portion Gov. Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta and his predecessor, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, and galore members of the PDP successful Delta defected to the APC.

Reacting, the State PDP Vice Chairman (Lagos Central), Mr Hakeem Olalemi, told NAN that that enactment would ne'er beryllium breached by the question of defections, saying PDP remained successful the hearts of Nigerians.

According to him, the defectors dumped PDP for selfish reasons, and the gale volition not find the result of the 2027 elections.

“I tin archer anyone that cares to perceive that PDP volition inactive basal beardown aft our normal successful November.

“I americium precise assured that Nigerians are not acceptable for a one-party authorities due to the fact that it volition bring authoritarianism and dictatorship. Nigerians privation a multi-party antiauthoritarian system.

“The bully radical of Nigeria volition not bargain that (one party) from them. The APC authorities has not impressed the radical successful the country. Nigerians volition show this astatine the polls,” Olalemi said.

The PDP chieftain, however, said that radical moving from 1 enactment to different was not a caller thing.

He added, “People determination from 1 enactment to another, but what are their reasons for moving from PDP to APC?

“Is it the situation successful PDP? If that is true, it means they (defectors) are not men capable to enactment and hole the situation successful the involvement of Nigerians, who are looking up to the absorption enactment for rescue.

“If determination are crises successful the household oregon location wherever we were born, should we past permission for different person’s house?

“What is expected is to hold and resoluteness the crises. If moving distant from PDP is what makes them men, we shall spot what happens successful 2027.”

(NAN)

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