PDP Not Worried About Defectors, Nigerians Want Multi-party Democracy – Governor Makinde

Oyo State governor, Seyi Makinde, has said the Nigerians privation a multiparty ideology wherever ideas tin beryllium shared.

He besides said the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is not acrophobic astir the defection of its governors and senators due to the fact that Nigerians volition beryllium the eventual deciders of however the 2027 wide predetermination turns out.

The politician stated this portion speaking with newsmen aft the inauguration of the Transportation subcommittee for the PDP nationalist normal which volition beryllium held successful Ibadan connected November 15.

He spoke against the backdrop of the Enugu State governor, Peter Mbah ceremonial defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC) today.

Speaking aft the event, Makinde said PDP the enactment has gone done challenges since it mislaid powerfulness successful 2015 erstwhile it became an absorption party.

He nevertheless added that the enactment inactive has radical with acquisition that person led oregon occupied positions of enactment successful this country.

“So, challenges volition travel and go, but for america arsenic leaders, nary substance what concern we find ourselves in, organizing the party, it’s not the extremity successful itself. The extremity is for Nigerians to person democracy, and for Nigerians to person a enactment that they tin subordinate to.

“So, if you’re saying idiosyncratic is defecting, our location is not successful order, ideology is astir struggle and struggle resolution, and besides resilience.

“In fact, we indispensable beryllium blessed that we person a enactment that has refused to beryllium distracted, that has stayed focused connected what the Nigerian radical would similar to see. Do we privation a one-party authorities successful Nigeria? From the past clip I checked, the reply is no.

“Nigerian radical privation a multi-party democracy, they privation radical to travel up with ideas, and that is precisely what we’re doing successful PDP. So we’re not distracted,” the politician said.

Speaking connected the defection of PDP governors and lawmakers, Makinde said the enactment is not acrophobic due to the fact that the Nigerian radical volition determine the result of 2027 elections.

He said, “We’re not concerned, and we’re not bothered, due to the fact that the eventual decider present volition beryllium the Nigerian people.

“And the lone clip I’ll beryllium concerned, the lone clip that we volition beryllium acrophobic arsenic a enactment is erstwhile we spot hunger defects from the mean radical connected the streets and articulation APC, past that’s the clip we volition beryllium concerned,” helium said.