The body of aspirants on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC, under the auspices of APC360, has expressed concern over defections that have hit the party in recent weeks.
The group called on the presidential candidate of the party, Bola Tinubu, to urgently set measures to halt the massive defection of members, especially aspirants, to other political parties.
Members of the group, consisting of aspirants who paid to participate and vie for various elective posts at the parties’ primaries from the 36 states of the federation and Abuja, raised the alarm after an emergency meeting in Abuja on Tuesday.
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National secretary of the group, Chris Enoch, in a statement, said supporters of the APC were deeply concerned about the fact that the party hierarchy has still not arrested the situation.
“It (mass defection) is also hazardous and harmful to the health and wealth of our great party, particularly when we are preparing for a national election.
“We as members of the only pressure group that has invested in this great party through the direct purchase at the expression of interest and nomination forms, etc. are concerned because of our belief that the massive decamping which is being surreptitiously carried out is planned and calculated to frustrate the coasting to the victory of Tinubu at the in-coming general election by those who have scores to settle with the party or are holding grudges and to this end are working against the party (APC),” the group stated.
The group called on Tinubu to set in motion a strategy that can halt the unwelcome development, adding that as an experienced political master and strategist who understands the devastating consequences of subterfuge, “you should not sleep or slumber as significant members of the party are decamping in droves.”