According to Dalung, the current defectors had no electoral value, which is why the masses have refused to follow their leaders into the APC.
Former Minister of Sports in the Muhammadu Buhari administration, Solomon Dalung has called out opposition politicians defecting to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
He tagged them as political sinners who are afraid of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
Dalung, now a chieftain of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) made this public in an interview with Vanguard.
He stated that the current defectors had no electoral value, which is why the masses have refused to follow their leaders into the APC.
Dalung further claimed that the defectors are afraid of being investigated by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), adding their defection is more or less a political confession of grave sinners, looters of the national treasury and political bandits.
He said, “The defections have been clearly defined by Senator Adams Oshiomhole. So, I don’t think we should bother much about it. The defection is a political confession for political sinners who are afraid of being prosecuted by the EFCC.
“So, once you join the EFCC, your sins are forgiven. But all those defecting to the EFCC have no impact.
“In many places, most of these people, who did not even win elections, are very unpopular people. In the National Assembly, some of them have never visited their constituencies since they came to Abuja and they are now defecting to the APC. Who will go with them? Did you see any of them moving with any crowd? No.
“So, the defection is more or less a political confession where grave sinners, looters of the national treasury, political bandits and so on go. So that is it. It has no impact on the political situation.”