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The National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Debo Ologunagba has cautioned the All Progressives Congress, or APC, led by President Bola Tinubu, that defections will not be an issue in 2027.

Ologunagba said that Tinubu’s scorecards and policies against Nigerians will be the focus of 2027.

Speaking on AIT Focus Nigeria, the PDP spokesperson claimed that the APC and Tinubu’s government celebrate defections as though they were the result of a successful policy.

Numerous members of the Labour Party and Peoples Democratic Party have defected to the APC in recent years.

Delta State’s governor and former PDP presidential running mate Ifeanyi Okowa had defected to the APC.

Following this, every member of the PDP’s Delta State National Assembly defected to the APC.

A number of other lawmakers have switched to the APC from the PDP and LP.

However, Ologunagba said: “When you find the president of a country in a multi-ethnic and multi-cultural country like Nigeria declaring his preference for a one-party state, that shows that they continue to aggressively attack the processes of other political parties.

“Some of those defections are not passed on conviction; it’s based on coercion because of the stated policy and the intention of the president to say he wants a one-party state. That’s an illusion that is not going to happen.

“It’s curious and strange that this government celebrated defections as if it’s the success of policies, someone is defecting then you find the whole statecraft bringing forward.

“You are not doing a scorecard about your policies but how many people have defected.

“APC should be warned, 2027 is not going to be about defections – it’s going to be about your policies, your scorecards against the Nigerian people.”

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