The Peoples Democratic Celebration, PDP, has alleged that the All Progressives Congress, APC, was utilizing undemocratic means, together with blackmail and soiled methods to power its members, particularly serving governors to affix the ruling get together.
The PDP additionally accused President Bola Tinubu-led APC authorities of decimating the opposition as a part of its plan to foist a one-party state on the nation.
The Nationwide Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Debo Ologunagba, made these allegations on Thursday whereas reacting to claims by a former aide to ex-President Muhammadu Buhari, Bashir Ahmad, that two PDP governors would within the subsequent few days defect to the APC.
In line with him, a lot of the defections weren’t voluntary, however primarily based on coercion, harassment, inducement, and intimidation.
Ahmad had in a publish on X on October 7, stated the Governor of Taraba State and one other governor from the North West would in a matter of days, formally defect to the APC.
The PDP’s spokesperson, who insisted that such compelled defections wouldn’t final, added that the PDP was greater than particular person members, saying as some folks have been leaving, others have been additionally becoming a member of the get together.
“A celebration shouldn’t be about people however all of the folks. We have now increasingly numerous folks working for the PDP at the moment. An increasing number of individuals are returning to the PDP as a result of it’s getting itself collectively.
“The defections you see at the moment are instigated by inducement, harassment, coercion, intimidation, and I can guarantee that it received’t final,” he stated.
