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A Forum of Former Speakers of Houses of Assembly (FOFSHA) on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has assured Nigerians that many politicians who left the party’s fold “will be returning back soon.”
This was as the Forum described the PDP as the “most acceptable, widely spread and best organised” political party that was committed to addressing the challenges facing the nation.
The group stated this Friday shortly after a meeting with the PDP minority leadership in the House of Representatives at the National Assembly Complex, Abuja.
In attendance were the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Kingsley Chinda, the Minority Whip, Ali Isa J. C, the chairman of the Forum and a member of the 10th House of Representatives, Inuwa Garba, and the Secretary of the Forum, Williams Edor.
Others were Bakitta Bello, Friday Itulah, Kwamoti Laori and Ndanusa Hassan.
Briefing journalists at the end of the meeting, Garba said, “We believe some of these defections are illegal because they are constitutional breach. Some politicians don’t look at what affects their people or the nation. They look at what affects them personally.
“You cannot stop some people from defecting from one political party to the other. Very soon, you will see the gale of defections back to PDP because Nigerians are now better informed and knowledgeable about what is good for them and the nation.
“One person out of a thousand from a constituency may take a decision of leaving the party just to get what he wants but the voters he abandoned in the constituency know what is good for them and what they stand for.”
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