Former senate president, Bukola Saraki, said “some bigwigs” from the All Progressives Congress (APC) would soon move to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Saraki spoke during an interview on Arise TV on Tuesday.
He said the recent defection of some PDP governors to APC was expected.
Governors Ben Ayade of Cross River, Dave Umahi of Ebonyi, and Bello Matawalle of Zamfara state had defected from the PDP to the APC.
Saraki said the opposition party was not shocked by the movement of the governors.
He said Nigerians would “begin to see some defections from the ruling party” soon.
He said that “leaders in the ruling parties don’t defect early, they defect late in the game.”
“I don’t think that we [PDP] are haemorrhaging. If you remember, I said a couple of times that there were certain governors that we knew that they were going to leave, and they’ve left. So we are not surprised,” he stated.
He continued: “We’ve got some bigwigs that are coming to the party. This week, there’s a former governor that’ll join the party. We’ve had a couple who have joined.
“Look, we all know that leaders in the ruling parties don’t defect early. They defect late in the game. So, keep watching. Nigerians will not be surprised when you begin to see some defections from the ruling party.”
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