The All Progressives Congress (APC) has been accused by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of using unethical tactics, such as extortion and dirty tricks, to coerce its members, particularly serving governors into joining the ruling party.
The PDP further charged that the APC government, led by President Bola Tinubu, was destroying the opposition in order to impose a one-party system on the nation.
Debo Ologunagba, the PDP’s National Publicity Secretary, made these accusations on Thursday in response to statements made by Bashir Ahmad, a former assistant to former President Muhammadu Buhari, that two PDP governors would switch to the APC in the coming days.
He said that the majority of defections were motivated by intimidation, compulsion, harassment, and incentive rather than being voluntary.
In a post on X on October 7, Ahmad said that the governor of Taraba State and another governor from the North West would formally switch to the APC within a few days.
The party’s spokesperson noted that the party was more than individual members and that while some were departing, others were joining, insisting that such forced defections would not continue.
A party is not about individuals but all the people. We have more and more diverse people working for the PDP today. More and more people are returning to the PDP because it’s getting itself together.
“The defections you see today are instigated by inducement, harassment, coercion, intimidation, and I can assure that it won’t last,” Debo said.
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