{"id":63268,"date":"2018-07-30T14:56:54","date_gmt":"2018-07-30T13:56:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=63268"},"modified":"2018-07-30T14:56:54","modified_gmt":"2018-07-30T13:56:54","slug":"i-am-not-bothered-about-defection-buhari","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/i-am-not-bothered-about-defection-buhari\/","title":{"rendered":"I Am Not Bothered About Defection-Buhari"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\">President Muhammadu Buhari says he is not bothered the defection of<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to other parties,<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">particularly the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">There have been a series of scattered and largescale defections from APC<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">of late, the biggest happening on Tuesday when 14 senators and 37<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">lawmakers crossed from the ruling party to the opposition.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">However, according to a statement released on Monday by Senior Special<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, Buhari believes he still<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">has the trust of ordinary Nigerians.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Shehu said the President said this on Sunday night while responding to a<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">question during an interactive session with the Nigerian community in Togo<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">at the Nigerian Embassy, Lome.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\u201cI am not bothered about the defections,\u201d Shehu quoted the President as<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">saying. \u201cOrdinary Nigerians have developed confidence in us and are<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">defending us. I assure you, majority of Nigerians back home are<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">appreciative of our efforts.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Expressing delight in seeing Nigerians travel from the five regions of<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Togo to welcome him in Lome, Buhari said he was pleased to hear them<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">commend the performance of his administration.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">He assured them that his administration had remained steadfast in keeping<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">to its three campaign promises of providing security, improving the<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">economy and fighting corruption.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">The President noted that if past governments had utilised even 25 per cent<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">of the huge oil revenue available to them, Nigerians would not be<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">complaining today.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\u201cI assure you that we are making progress in security as some displaced<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">farmers are returning to their farms. We will continue to work very hard<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">for our dear country,\u201d he said.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">In his welcome address, the Nigerian Ambassador to Togo, Joseph Iji, said<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">the close to two million Nigerians in Togo were law-abiding and peaceful.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Iji drew attention to the inability of the Nigerian Mission in Lome to<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">issue Nigerian passports, a situation that forces applicants to travel to<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Ghana or Benin Republic.<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Muhammadu Buhari says he is not bothered the defection of members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to other parties, particularly the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). 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