The National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Ajibola Basiru, has described politicians defecting to the African Democratic Congress (ADC) as frustrated individuals who are no longer recognised in their parties.
Speaking to newsmen in Osogbo on Sunday, Basiru argued that a coalition is not recognised in a presidential system of government.
He stated that the desperation of those in the party has failed to make them aware that some of the nomenclature they are using is inappropriate.
He said, “Nigerians need to be properly educated; there is nothing like a coalition. People who are talking about a coalition appear either to want to confuse Nigerians or they are ignorant of what a coalition is about.
“A coalition is a temporary alliance for the purpose of forming a government, and it is more apposite in the context of a parliamentary system of government when none of the parties that contested could form a majority in the parliament, so two or more parties will form a coalition to have a majority.
“In a presidential system of government, the term coalition is inappropriate, and it is an attempt to create an atmosphere of grandiosity where there is none.
“It was appropriate to say that certain individuals have become frustrated in their present political party and have started to defect to the ADC, and for the character that said the APC is in panic mode, I don’t know what parameters they are using to judge panic mode.
“It’s the same set of people who said a few weeks ago that Nigeria is fast becoming a one-party state; they are now saying the APC is panicked because some internally displaced politicians are leading their political party into the ADC.
“As far as I’m concerned, they are just aligning some people to form them. I’m a party administrator, and I know what it is to say that you want to join a party and take over the leadership of a party.
“As of today, you may go to the website of INEC; nothing has changed in terms of the leadership structure of the ADC, notwithstanding the jamboree that they are talking about. There are procedures in the culture of any party as to how people assume leadership.
“The desperation of these individuals also did not allow them to advance the fact that even some of the nomenclature they are using is inappropriate.”
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