Defectors’ll Soon Return To The PDP – Rep.Garba
By Juliet Vincent
The Chairman, Forum of Former Speakers (FOFSHA), Rep. Inuwa Garba has stated that, members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) will soon come back to the party.
He gave the assurance during a meeting of the Forum with the PDP minority leadership in the House of Representatives held at the National Assembly on Friday.
He said that, the PDP is still the most acceptable, widely spread, best organised and committed to address the challenges of the nation.
He therefore said, Nigerians should look forward to the return of the politicians who left the party’s fold a few years ago and those who defected recently to join other political parties.
Rep. Garba described the defections to the All Progressives Congress (APC) as illegal, saying that those who left the PDP will make a return soon.
He said, “We believe some of these defections are illegal because they are constitutional breach. Some politicians don’t look at what affects their people or the nation. They look at what affects them personally.
“You cannot stop some people from defecting from one political party to the other. Very soon, you will see the gale of defections back to PDP because Nigerians are now better informed and knowledgeable about what is good for them and the nation.
“One person out of a thousand from a constituency may take a decision of leaving the party just to get what he wants but the voters he abandoned in the constituency know what is good for them and what they stand for”.
The lawmaker noted that any politician in the country today was groomed by the PDP at one time or the other.
He added, “Any politician you see as good or credible today was groomed by the PDP, a party that is the most widely spread in Africa”.
He however noted that, the government in power scuttle the political process of the nation.
He said, “It cannot work. You can do whatever you want to do at a particular time but you cannot do all you want to do all the time”.
The forum therefore urged party members to remain steadfast and united in the face of the current daunting challenges bedevilling the nation.
It also called on party members and leaders at all levels to have faith “In the current efforts being made to make the party stronger and united.”
The House Minority Leader, Kingsley Chinda, Minority Whip, Ali Isa J. C, Chairman of the Forum, Rep. Inuwa Garba and the Secretary of the Forum, Williams Edor.
Others include; Bakitta Bello, Friday Itulah, Kwamoti Laori and Ndanusa Hassan.
It could be recalled that, the PDP recently lost Senator Ned Nwoko and Rep. Amos Magaji to the APC which many believed that the opposition is getting weaker and might find it difficult to dislodge the ruling party in 2027.
