Oshiomhole reacts to mass defection of Senators, Reps from APC
(APC), Adams Oshiomhole, has reacted to the massive defection of
Senators and House of Reps members to the Peoples Democratic
Party,PDP.
Oshiomhole speaking to state correspondents after meeting with
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday, said those who left are
"mercenaries" who were in APC just to win election.
According to him, he is happy that some members of the Senate and
House of Representatives left his party for the opposition parties.
He described the defectors as right wing politicians who believe in
the philosophy of "share the money" and did not belong to the
progressives group.
We reported that 15 senators and 36 members of the House of
Representatives on Tuesday left the APC. Majority joined the PDP.
He reiterated that the ruling party is "not disturbed at all" and that
he is not losing sleep over the defections.
He said "It is good that those who never believed in the APC are
leaving ahead the electioneering activities because that would enable
the party concentrate on its campaigns.
"Those who defected cannot affect the electoral fortunes of APC
because President Muhammadu Buhari got more votes than them in their
own constituencies in the last election.
"While they were in the APC, they constituted themselves as opposition
to the governing party."
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