Senate President Godswill Akpabio has explained why senators are defecting to the All Progressives Congress, APC.
Akpabio said senators are joining APC because they view President Bola Tinubu as the father of Nigeria and of all political parties.
The Senate President had led Cross River North Senator Agom Jarigbe and Senator Kaila Samaila of Bauchi North to a meeting with Tinubu at the State House in Abuja. Both lawmakers had defected from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to APC.
Addressing State House correspondents after the meeting, Akpabio said the lawmakers defected out of patriotism and confidence in Tinubu’s leadership.
Akpabio added that Tinubu’s economic policy reforms were responsible for the defection of the lawmakers into APC.
“They (Jarigbe and Samaila) are Mr President’s children, and they are his supporters. The president is the father of the nation and the father of all political parties.
“But interestingly, they joined the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on different political platforms, but as a result of Mr President’s policies that have turned things around economically and particularly in terms of revenue generation for the nation, they found it expedient to come and join to build Nigeria. Theirs is nothing but patriotism,” he said.
