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By John Ogunsemore
National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Barr. Felix Morka has debunked insinuations that the recent gale of defections into the party was due to undue influence.
Morka spoke during an appearance on Arise News on Saturday night.
He said, “In a country as massive as Nigeria, how do you cajole governors who are chief executive officers of their states?
“These are people elected by their constituents to govern. They control their own budgets and have the power to appropriate funds. What exactly would you tell a governor to cajole him?”
He charged the opposition to look inward and resolve their internal crises rather than blaming the APC for their misfortunes.
“If the PDP, Labour, or ADC look inward, they will find that it is their dysfunction and failure of leadership driving people away.
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“Nobody wants to remain on a sinking ship. No serious politician would stay in a party that offers no hope of redemption,” he stated.
Amid concerns Nigeria could be sliding into a one-party state, the APC image-maker denied that the defections pose grave danger to the nation’s democracy.
“I have no concern whatsoever about that because nothing that has happened in our country — with people leaving their parties to join the APC — suggests that our country is sliding into a one-party system.
“People are simply exercising their democratic freedom to choose among competing party alternatives, and they are choosing our party,” he said.
Morka maintained that those accusing the APC of a one-party state agenda were not being truthful.
He said, “It would be disingenuous to describe the development as a threat to democracy.
“Would you have the APC become a gatekeeper and decide who can or cannot come in? Democracy is a system of freedoms, and it is not fair or permissible for anyone to limit the right of people to choose for themselves. The fact that people join the APC does not mean we have a one-party system.”
