Sam Onuigbo, the member, representing Ikwuano/Umuahia constituency of Abia State, in the Federal House of Representatives, and a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has attributed the mass defection of the APC senators and Reps members to the bad governance foisted on the people by the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government.
He, however, expressed disappointment over the inability of the APC-led government to end the persistent killing of Nigerians by extremist groups in the country and opined that the governing party had failed to protect the citizenry.
DAILY POST had reported that about 15 senators of the ruling APC defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The defectors cited crisis and factions within the party as the reasons for their defection, saying they cannot continue to pursue their political careers under the ruling party.
Similarly, a total of 37 members of the House of Representatives announced their official defection from the All Progressives Congress to the Peoples Democratic Party and African Democratic Party(ADC).
Onuigbo, who was a two-time commissioner in Abia state, stated this in a chat with DAILY POST on Thursday, while reacting to the cross-carpeting of APC senators to opposition parties.
According to the lawmaker, “The APC members who defected to the PDP in the National Assembly have been able to compare between APC and PDP in the governance of the party and in the governance of the country under these parties”.
“They have come back to PDP Because they had the opportunity like a woman who married two husbands. And they have come to the realization that, this husband is better than the other one”.
“Presently, there is no good governance. That’s why the cost of living is high in the country. There is inflation in the land. There is unemployment in the land”.
“And more importantly, a lot of killings have been going. The primary object of every government is for that government to protect lives and property. Today, they are not happy about that”.
“So, the defected APC lawmakers are now free on their own. They go on working with all the other groups in the PDP and indeed the entire nation, to ensure the country is brought back to proper governance,” he added.
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