Felix Morka, the All Progressives Congress’s National Publicity Secretary, claims that the party is powerless to prevent politicians from joining it. In an interview on Tuesday, Morka claimed that the recent surge of defections was a sign of trust in President Bola Tinubu’s administration.
He was responding to concerns over the growing number of governors joining the APC, including the recent defection of the Kano State governor.
He said that governors who defected to the ruling party were supporting what he called a “resurging Nigeria” under Tinubu.
“What you see are governors who have decided to join our party to identify with this resurging Nigeria that this President is clearly positioning Nigeria to be,” he stated.
The APC spokesperson went on to say that the party welcomed new members and would not prevent lawmakers from joining.
“We are happy; we are excited about people who join our party. We cannot be gatekeepers to filter out people who want to join our camp. We don’t do that because it is undemocratic,” Morka mentioned.
In response to worries that the defections might result in a one-party state, Morka emphasized that Nigeria has previously experienced comparable political domination without jeopardizing democracy.
At one point in our history, Nigeria was ruled by the Peoples Democratic Party, which had almost the same number of governors.
“I was very active in the political world at that time, and there was no specter anywhere about a one-party state because the PDP had those numbers of governors. Morka continued, “That’s not the case now, and I think we should not equate people joining our party with that mode.
