Defections: Politicians in search of secure touchdown – Ologbondiyan

A former Nationwide Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Social gathering, PDP, Kola Ologbondiyan, says the latest gale of defections of opposition leaders to the All Progressives Congress, APC, is because of threats of a witch-hunt by the ruling occasion.

DAILY POST stories that Delta State Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori, alongside together with his predecessor, Ifeanyi Okowa, a number of commissioners, and others, final month defected from the PDP to the APC.

There’s rising hypothesis that extra governors could observe go well with within the close to future.

Ologbondiyan, who spoke on on Channels Tv’s Politics Right now on Monday, said that the governors and different opposition leaders defecting to the APC are merely searching for refuge to keep away from being hounded by the ruling occasion.

“You have to not overlook that the previous Nationwide Chairman of APC advised Nigerians that simply come over right here, we’ll forgive all of your sins, so persons are in search of the place sins are forgiven,” Ologbodiyan mentioned.

In accordance with him, regardless of what number of opposition leaders the APC manages to draw, the occasion will nonetheless must take care of tens of millions of Nigerians in its bid to retain energy in 2027.

“However you recognize one factor, on the finish of all of it, it’s going to be in regards to the Nigerians’ place.

“Chances are you’ll pack all of the 36 governors and put them in a single boardroom and say they need to declare for you. Have you ever packed the over 200 million Nigerians into the identical boardroom? The reply is not any,” he mentioned.