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The National Vice-Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party in the South-South Emmanuel Ogidi has said the mass defection by some lawmakers to PDP was good for democracy.
Recall that the lawmakers from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) made the defection on Tuesday.
And according to Ogidi, who spoke in Abuja, the move saved the nation’s democracy.
“The lawmakers defected from the All Progressives Congress to the PDP because they want good for the country and to save her democracy,” he told the News Agency of Nigeria.
“They could no longer sit to watch the way things are going in this country, and that is why they are back in the PDP to join forces in the mission to rescue the nation. We are happy with that.
“This is a good signal for 2019 general elections and it also means that the PDP has been doing the right thing.”
As stated by him, “Since we lost power at the federal level in 2015, we have not acted like opposition party but as a government-in-waiting.
“In spite of all the harassment and intimidation, we have never taken the laws into our hands; we keep doing the right thing and now you can see that it has paid off.”
Ogidi also attributed the defection of the lawmakers to the re-branding and re-positioning efforts going on in the PDP.
“People now see that PDP is real and is ready to give everybody the opportunity to aspire on his political ambition as we move on.”