An APC chieftain has criticized the high-rate of defection by members of the PDP into the ruling party which she believes is motivated by selfish interests.
Abike Dabiri
Former Chairman, Committee on the Diaspora at the House of Representatives, Mrs. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, on Monday, frowned at the continued gale of defections of politicians from the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), to her party, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
Mrs. Abike who expressed her disgust over the gale of defections, described it as shameful, calling the defectors “political prostitutes.”
In a series of tweets via her Twitter handle, @abikedabiri, the ex-lawmaker, who represented Ikorodu Federal Constituency, Lagos State, however said: “The rate of defection from PDP to APC is shameful. Political prostitutes, politics of convenience, not conviction.”
According to her, the APC should not allow the defections, adding that “But APC leadership thinks otherwise.”
She pointed that “Defection should not be so easy. But hopefully, we will gravitate towards ideology,” adding that “I will keep airing my minority views on this.”
Below are what she Tweeted;
Recall that last Friday, former governor of old Anambra State, Chief Jim Nwobodo and a former member of the House of Representatives, Uche Ekwunife, who later represented Anambra Central at the Senate, before her election was annulled by the appeal court, defected to the ruling APC.