Senators, Reps are not personalising their defection – R-APC, crossfire

Recall that no fewer than 15 senators of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Tuesday, defected to the PDP. The defectors cited crisis and factions as the reasons for their defection, saying they cannot continue to pursue their political careers under the ruling party.
Similarly, a total of 37 members of the House of Representatives announced their official defection from the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Speaking as a guest on AIT television news hour, on Tuesday night, Afegbua said the senators who defected were not personalizing their defection.
He said, “The members who defected are not personalizing their defection. They have problems with the trading of APC’s leadership both at the government level and the party level. You heard one of the lawmaker saying that a lot of them are been criminalized, disgraced in a manner that defeat the very essence of democracy.
“So the President has not offered credible election so far. The insecurity in the country is something to worry about, the unemployment rate is something to worry about and the economy generally.
“There is poverty in the land. We are now assuming number one position in extreme poverty in the entire world; that is an ugly narrative that shouldn’t be allowed to continue.
“And so what the members have done is to team up with the likes of some of us and build a very strong coalition that will ensure that this government does not get re-elected come February 2019.”
Similarly, former governor of Ogun State, Chief Gbenga Daniel says the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) should be congratulated over the massive defection made in the upper and lower legislative chambers of the National Assembly on Tuesday.
Daniel, speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, said the PDP deserved to be congratulated on the development
A total of 15 senators of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Tuesday dumped the party and defected to the opposition Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP).
Shortly after, thirty seven members of the House of Representatives formerly in the fold of the APC also dumped the party and moved to the PDP.
The Representatives in a letter to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, officially announced their defection during plenary on Tuesday.
“The more the merrier for the party, we are looking forward to regaining power at the centre in 2019. PDP deserves to be congratulated,” Daniel said.