The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has stated there may be nothing stunning concerning the ongoing wave of defections to the All Progressives Congress (APC) by governors and political officeholders, warning that the ruling social gathering will quickly face the identical destiny because the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
The social gathering acknowledged this in a launch signed by its Interim Nationwide Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, in response to feedback credited to the APC Nationwide Chairman, Dr. Nentawe Yilwatda, who reportedly stated throughout a stakeholders’ assembly in Jos that “key ADC figures” would quickly defect to the ruling social gathering.
In response to Abdullahi, there may be “nothing new within the sport” the APC is enjoying, noting that the identical “ruinous technique” of political poaching contributed to the downfall of the PDP when it was in energy.
“There may be nothing new within the sport that the APC is enjoying. It’s the similar ruinous sport that the PDP performed on the peak of its powers. The APC will even study the bitter lesson that actual democratic energy lies with the individuals and never just a few energy retailers,” the assertion learn.
The ADC stated the remarks by the APC chairman solely revealed the ruling social gathering’s desperation and insecurity regardless of controlling most states within the federation.
“This reveals that even with all of the governors and senators they’ve been bragging about, the APC remains to be determined for ADC members. We surprise if the APC has run out of governors to seduce that it has now turned to shadowy references to unnamed ADC members?” the assertion queried.
The ADC challenged Dr. Yilwatda to call the people he claimed had been making ready to hitch the APC, stressing that the ruling social gathering’s reliance on political defections relatively than efficiency mirrored its disconnection from Nigerians.
“The reality stays that the APC realises that it has turn into essentially the most hated social gathering in Nigeria, and no quantity of defections can reserve it from the wrath of Nigerians whose lives and livelihoods it has destroyed since coming to energy,” the ADC stated.
The opposition social gathering additional described the latest high-profile defections into the APC as a “gang-up in opposition to Nigerians” by a political elite intent on defending their pursuits relatively than serving the individuals.
“It’s a conspiracy by a ruling elite who’ve deserted the individuals in abject poverty and are solely all in favour of self-preservation at the same time as their residents wallow in distress,” the assertion added.
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