National Chairman of the All Progressive Congress, APC, Comrade Adams
Oshiomhole, has told APC lawmakers who want to decamp to the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) to feel free to do so.
Speaking in Abuja on Thursday during a meeting with the APC caucus at the
House of Representatives, Oshiomhole said the party would not dangle
“dollars” or “automatic tickets” before aggrieved party members in a bit
to prevent them from leaving.
Therefore, he said those who want to go to the opposition Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) should go.
“You must know that the access to CBN has been cut off, the access to NNPC
has been cut off, the access to converting defence spending to private
pockets has been cut off,” Oshiomhole said.
“And then those who have done it, they are helping security agencies to
explain. Pit latrines have been opened and people are vomiting left, right
and centre. They are confessing like witches and wizards.”
APC has been revving up its efforts to maintain its stranglehold on the
National Assembly since Tuesday when 37 of its members at the House of
Representatives dumped the party after 15 (now 14) had done the same at
the Senate.
However, there was some heartwarming news for it on Tuesday when Shehu
Sani, the Kaduna Central senator, confirmed he would not leave the party
but give “new surgeon” Oshiomhole the opportunity to “put the party back
on track”