PRESIDENCY DENIES COERCING  OPPOSITION MEMBERS TO JOIN APC

The Presidency has stated that the recent defections of opposition politicians to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) were voluntary and not under any form of duress, as has been speculated in some quarters.

 In  a statement signed by the Special Adviser to President BOLA TINUBU on Information and Strategy, BAYO ONANUGA, the presidency denied accusations of a one-party state, insisting that democracy is not under threat or undermined “simply because politicians exercise their rights of association.”

 It noted that Nigerians migrating to the APC and expressing support for TINUBU are doing so out of their free will, based on the belief that the reforms being executed are in the interest of Nigerians and the unborn generation.

 This is coming after last Wednesday’s defection of Governor SHERIFF OBOREVWORI of Delta State, his predecessor, IFEANYI OKOWA, Deputy Governor, MONDAY ONYEME, commissioners, local government chairmen, among others.