Defections: President Tinubu not forcing politicians to join APC – NNPP

Dr Boniface Aniebonam, Founder of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), says politicians joining APC are not being forced by President Bola Tinubu.

Aniebonam noted that rank of any governmental enactment successful Nigeria remained voluntary.

“We are yet to spot politicians who defected to the APC oregon immoderate different governmental enactment successful Nigeria astatine gunpoint, but for their idiosyncratic convictions and choices.”

Aniebonam, who is besides the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the NNPP, spoke connected Friday successful Lagos against the backdrop of the gale of defections by immoderate governors and different elected members of assorted governmental parties to the APC.

He said that portion the governors and others person a close to take their governmental parties, it is bittersweet to perceive radical allege that President Tinubu wanted to crook Nigeria into a one-party system.

“We person 18 registered governmental parties successful Nigeria, which underscores the essence of a multipartysystem successful our constitution. Even if each the PDP governors and a fewer others of the registered governmental parties articulation APC, it doesn’t marque Nigeria a one-party state.

“The President had erstwhile said that helium volition not halt anyone who wishes to articulation the APC due to the fact that it is their right. President Tinubu and the APC person the close to question much members andtheir reelection.

“To assertion that Nigeria is tilting to a one-party authorities is unfounded due to the fact that INEC has not deregistered immoderate of the existing governmental parties successful Nigeria.

“What the elected officeholders bash not recognize is that Nigerians are getting wiser and conscious of their governmental situation successful dealing with politicians.”

According to Aniebonam, immoderate of the governors are the reasons wherefore the national authorities is often blamed for roles the states ought to beryllium playing.

“Many of these governors are practically not doing overmuch for their states, and they deliberation that moving into APC volition supply them a 2nd opportunity. and screen from investigation.

“The information is that APC needs to beryllium precise cautious with the question of politicians crossing implicit successful droves; it is easier to combat from wrong than from outside.

“Whenever systems collapse, tactics instrumentality over; politicians tin beryllium thing overnight.”

Aniebonam advised Nigerians to ever transmission their thoughts and grievances appropriately.

“Tinubu is seeking a rerun, and it is his close to invited anyone who volition assistance him triumph the election.

“It appears that immoderate politicians are already acrophobic adjacent earlier the election, hence the cries of ‘one-party state’.

“What is the colonisation of the governors and enactment members compared with those who volition vote? They are simply a number of eligible voters successful Nigeria,” helium said.

The NNPP leader, however, urged the EFCC to guarantee that authorities governments are kept successful presumption and immoderate politician who has embezzled authorities funds should beryllium investigated and made to look proceedings successful tribunal astatine the due time.

“We promote President Tinubu to proceed to prioritise the needs of Nigerians with the disposable resources and guarantee fashionable policies for the bully of greater numbers.

“The information remains that immoderate operators of institutions of medication and absorption are failing Nigerians,

“It is our anticipation that INEC, the judiciary and instrumentality enforcement agencies volition unrecorded up to expectations and articulation successful taking Nigeria to the desired heights.

“The NNPP is besides unfastened to each Nigerians who see him oregon herself worthy and fashionable for the ballot of Nigerians to travel forward. President Tinubu is not stopping anybody from testing his oregon her popularity.

“Only atrocious workmen quarrelling with their tools descend to the arena of name-calling and inexpensive blackmailing.

“The President should beryllium near alone. He has done thing incorrect and has not coerced anybody to articulation the APC,” Aniebonam stressed. (NAN)

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