They Are Jumping Into APC For Forgiveness Of Their Sins – Dalung Blasts Defectors

Posted by Thandiubani on Tue 10th Jun, 2025 - tori.ng

Dalung claimed that politicians are seeking refuge and not joining the ruling party out of a belief in the party or President Bola Tinubu’s leadership.

Former Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Solomon Dalung has revealed why some politicians are defecting to the All Progressives Congress.

According to him, the politicians are seeking refuge and not joining the ruling party out of a belief in the party or President Bola Tinubu’s leadership.

Dalung, who spoke to journalists on Sunday, dismissed the narrative that the defection trend signifies approval of the APC’s performance, insisting instead that the defectors are opportunists looking to cleanse their tainted records.

He said, “These are people who have committed heinous crimes against the Nigerian people and they are jumping into the APC ship for the forgiveness of their sins.

“Not that they believe in Tinubu, no; they do not. They are only assembling so that their sins will be forgiven.”

Referencing former Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole, Dalung said the former APC chairman had openly declared that politicians’ sins would be forgiven once they joined the ruling party.

“It is a conclave of political cardinals who have committed grave sins against the Nigerian people and a political party has offered them the opportunity of forgiveness on entrance,” Dalung stated.

He further warned that these defectors could eventually trigger internal crises within the APC.

He stated, “You know there is an adage in Hausa that if animals celebrate the death of a butcher, has the knife also died?

“If beneficiaries of the mandate of the people are defecting, have the people also defected? There is no value added to Tinubu except that he has compounded the situation in his party, and there will be an implosion.”