“There’s Hunger and Anger, Yet Governors Are Joining APC” – Bode George

The rumored plan by Bayelsa State Governor Douye Diri and Enugu State Governor Peter Mbah to defect to the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been denounced by former PDP Deputy National Chairman Bode George.

The move is an insult to the people who trusted them with their mandates on the PDP platform, George said, calling it “shameless, shambolic, annoying, and disgraceful.”

Although the party leadership in both states has remained silent on the matter, it is generally believed that Mbah and Diri would publicly switch to the APC on October 14.

In an interview with Vanguard, George responded to rumors that the governors and other PDP officials would be under pressure to join the ruling party, saying there was no reason to be concerned.

“I don’t know if they are being blackmailed, but that shouldn’t be a problem,” George stated. What is causing them fear? You have to work for the government. They ought to think about the voters who supported them. There is no way that their secret won’t be revealed if they have done something in secret. That shouldn’t frighten them.

The PDP mainstay cautioned that if the defections persisted, Nigeria may potentially descend into a one-party system, which he called intolerable.

“That will be this country’s biggest failure,” he added. We can’t all be in the same situation. Nigerians probably wouldn’t be complaining if their (APC) administration was doing well. It is vile.

There is a lot of resentment and hunger in the country, and some governors are defecting to the APC. As we say in the Navy, you have to make sure the rope around your waist is good and tight if you are jumping ship.

George said that the governors had to give Nigerians an explanation for their decision to leave the party they were voted to.

“Did they return and inform the people who gave them their mandate of their intention?” he asked. Because they supported the party’s agenda, the voters granted them their mandate. It’s shambolic and shameless. We need to know what drew them to the APC.

The PDP chairman insisted that Nigerians will vote in 2027 and that no number of defections would ensure the APC’s political supremacy.

“They cannot make Nigeria a one-party state,” he continued. It isn’t feasible. The APC will be startled by what Nigerians would do to them in 2027, even though they don’t do what we do in the PDP.