Governors Defecting To APC ‘Not a Threat To Democracy,’ Party Insists

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has insisted that the recent wave of governors and politicians joining the party is not a threat to Nigeria’s democracy, describing the defections as a sign of confidence in President Bola Tinubu’s administration.

The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka, made the remarks on Tuesday during an interview on Arise Television, responding to concerns over the growing number of governors, including Kano State’s governor, defecting to the APC.

Morka said the governors were aligning themselves with what he described as a “resurging Nigeria” under Tinubu.

“What you see is governors who have decided to join our party to identify with this resurging Nigeria that this President is clearly positioning Nigeria to be,” he said.

He added that the APC welcomed new members and would not act as a barrier for politicians seeking to join.

“We are happy, we are excited about people who join our party. We cannot be gatekeepers to filter out people who want to join our camp. We don’t do that because it is undemocratic,” Morka said.

Addressing fears that the defections could lead to a one-party state, he pointed out that Nigeria had previously experienced similar political dominance without threatening democracy.

“The Peoples Democratic Party at some point in our history governed Nigeria with about the same number of governors. I was very active in the political world at that time and there was no spectre anywhere about a one-party state because the PDP had those numbers of governors. That’s not the case now, and I think we should not equate people joining our party with that mode,” he added.

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