The upsurge in the defection of top members of the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has
been revealed to be a ploy by the opposition party to take over the
ruling party.
According to a report by New Telegraph, the PDP has started its secret effort to wrestle back power in 2019 by encouraging mass defection of some of its member to the ruling APC. The long term plan is to build enough force within the party and take over the structure thereby causing a divide that would affect the unity of the party.
It was also claimed that another reason for the defection was to escape the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) radar as it is believed that the anti-corruption agency is focusing its beam on members of the PDP.
According to the report, the presence of top persons like the former cice-president, Atiku Abubakar, Senate president, Bukola Saraki, governors Nasir el-Rufai, Aminu Tambuwal, Rochas Okorocha and Rauf Aregbesola was to build their political front as they have been encouraging more defections into the party thereby creating a large loyalist base.
It was reported that the PDP first tried out the ploy in the Bayelsa gubernatorial election where the former president, Goodluck Jonathan and the governor, Seriake Dickson masterminded the defection of PDP members to the APC thereby having access to the plot of the opposition party.
A source said:
According to a report by New Telegraph, the PDP has started its secret effort to wrestle back power in 2019 by encouraging mass defection of some of its member to the ruling APC. The long term plan is to build enough force within the party and take over the structure thereby causing a divide that would affect the unity of the party.
It was also claimed that another reason for the defection was to escape the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) radar as it is believed that the anti-corruption agency is focusing its beam on members of the PDP.
According to the report, the presence of top persons like the former cice-president, Atiku Abubakar, Senate president, Bukola Saraki, governors Nasir el-Rufai, Aminu Tambuwal, Rochas Okorocha and Rauf Aregbesola was to build their political front as they have been encouraging more defections into the party thereby creating a large loyalist base.
It was reported that the PDP first tried out the ploy in the Bayelsa gubernatorial election where the former president, Goodluck Jonathan and the governor, Seriake Dickson masterminded the defection of PDP members to the APC thereby having access to the plot of the opposition party.
A source said:
“The Bayelsa governor infiltrated the APC leadership in the state and the party’s campaign organisation such that he had every information and plot against his re-election. All the plans of the APC to win the election were leaked to the PDP. This is why Dickson was able to win the hard-fought election.”
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