PDP not a political occasion — APC scribe

The Nationwide Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, Felix Morka, has attributed the latest wave of defections from the Peoples Democratic Party to what he described because the opposition occasion’s inside disaster and incapability to offer a reputable political platform.

Morka made the comment throughout an look on The Morning Present whereas reacting to the rising variety of defections from the opposition occasion to the ruling APC.

In line with him, the PDP can not successfully perform as a political occasion because of inside crises and its incapability to offer a reputable political platform for members.

“The PDP is not capable of name itself a political occasion. The PDP is incapable, by its personal inside dysfunction, of providing its members any wise, credible, sensible, actionable platform to pursue their political aspirations,” Morka stated.

He added that defections to the APC must be seen as an endorsement of the ruling occasion fairly than an indication that Nigeria is drifting towards a one-party state.

“When folks decamp to the APC, it’s an endorsement of the occasion. It’s a assertion that the APC is ready to provide what the opposition can’t provide, and that’s not our fault,” he stated.

Morka additionally dismissed considerations that Nigeria is turning into a one-party state, describing such claims as deceptive.

“When folks counsel that the nation is popping right into a one-party state, that’s completely mischievous as a result of it doesn’t take into consideration the historical past and realities of a democratic society like we have now in Nigeria,” he stated.

Nigeria’s political panorama has seen important realignments because the 2023 elections.

The most important opposition occasion, the PDP, as soon as dominant with over a dozen governors, faces persistent factional disputes and management tussles that problem its affect in a number of strongholds.

This instability has accelerated defections, significantly amongst some political actors looking for alignment with the ruling occasion.

Since 2025, a number of PDP governors crossed to the APC, citing the opposition occasion’s dysfunction and some great benefits of becoming a member of the ruling occasion.

Current defections embrace Zamfara State Governor Dauda Lawal, whose cross-carpeting pushes the APC’s tally of sitting governors to 31 out of 36 states.

This left the PDP with solely two governors (reportedly in Oyo and Bauchi states), additional weakening its nationwide affect.