The National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Felix Morka, has blamed the recent wave of defections from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on the opposition’s internal crises and failure to offer a credible political platform.
Morka made the comments on Arise Television Morning Show, addressing the increasing number of PDP members joining the ruling APC.
He stated that the PDP can no longer operate effectively as a political party due to its internal conflicts and inability to provide a reliable platform for its members.
“The PDP is no longer able to call itself a political party. The PDP is incapable, by its own internal dysfunction, of offering its members any sensible, credible, smart, actionable platform to pursue their political aspirations,” Morka said.
He added that defections to the APC should be seen as an endorsement of the ruling party rather than a sign that Nigeria is drifting toward a one-party state.
“When people decamp to the APC, it is an endorsement of the party. It is a statement that the APC is able to offer what the opposition cannot offer, and that is not our fault,” he said.
Morka also dismissed concerns that Nigeria is becoming a one-party state, describing such claims as misleading.
He said, “When people suggest that the country is turning into a one-party state, that is utterly mischievous because it does not take into account the history and realities of a democratic society like we have in Nigeria.”
His remarks comes amid the continuous defection of governors from the PDP to APC.