{"id":163178,"date":"2025-05-19T22:55:27","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T21:55:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/2027-personal-gains-reason-for-pdp-defections-organizing-secretary-bature"},"modified":"2025-05-20T00:00:22","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T23:00:22","slug":"2027-personal-gains-reason-for-pdp-defections-organizing-secretary-bature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/2027-personal-gains-reason-for-pdp-defections-organizing-secretary-bature","title":{"rendered":"2027: Personal gains reason for PDP defections \u2014 Organizing Secretary, Bature"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The National Organizing Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Umar Bature, says defections from the party to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, are primarily motivated by personal interests rather than ideological or party-based reasons.<\/p>\n<p>Bature, while speaking on Monday, dismissed claims that internal party issues were the reasons for the defections, stressing that the moves were driven by individual ambitions.<\/p>\n<p>The Organizing Secretary was reacting to reports that the APC is luring members of the opposition with promises of automatic tickets in the 2027 elections and lucrative contracts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNobody is leaving the party because of internal party issues; it\u2019s purely personal interests.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey believe that after the Edo election, anything can happen. If they\u2019re in the APC, they think the government will perform some \u2018magic\u2019 to ensure they win the election. That\u2019s all,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p>Bature further disclosed that defectors, especially members of the National Assembly, could face severe legal consequences for their actions.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, all lawmakers had sworn affidavits to the PDP before contesting elections, and the party plans to challenge their defections in the federal high courts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey will hear from us, and from the courts. I can assure you they won\u2019t escape accountability because they all swore affidavits to the party before contesting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf they defect, they\u2019ll lose their seats. We don\u2019t need to go to the assembly. We\u2019ll trigger the process at the federal high courts,\u201d he warned.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The National Organizing Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Umar Bature, says defections from the party to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, are primarily motivated by personal interests rather than ideological or party-based reasons. 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