Former Sokoto State governor, Sen. Aminu Tambuwal, has lampooned Nigerian politicians who defect from one party to another, especially those decamping from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), saying they are only driven by hunger and their stomach infrastructure.
Tambuwal who made the assertion while speaking to journalists after the North-West Zonal meeting of the PDP in Kaduna on Saturday, attributed the defections to selfish interests rather than the interest of the people they serve.
Tambuwal who represents Sokoto South Senatorial District in the Senate, expressed disappointment over the recent wave of defections by PDP members across the country, said no politician with a conscience would join the APC given the current economic situation in the country, considering its policies and the economic hardship faced by Nigerians.
“People leave parties for different reasons, but what I have been observing in recent times are defections not based on the interest of the people but on stomach infrastructure,” he said
“I believe no one with a conscience will join the APC. With the current policies being driven by the APC government, the economic doldrums it has plunged Nigerians into, the hardship across the country, and the dismal performance of Tinubu’s administration, there is nothing attractive beyond stomach infrastructure.
“Defections based on stomach infrastructure are not worrisome. But all of us who believe in this country and in serving the people must unite and work towards ensuring that by 2027, we vote out this administration that lacks focus, compassion, and direction,” he added, while urging PDP members and other Nigerians to come together and work towards defeating the APC in 2027.
