PDP can register new party if they feel weakened to win election – Basiru 

Speaking with journalists in Osogbo while recieving defectors to the APC, faulted the claim that massive defection all over the country could to a one party.

He said, “By constitutional provision, it’s not possible for Nigeria to be one party state, because section 221 of the constitution allows people to vie for offices with the instrumentality of political parties and there are procedures for the registration of political parties.

“If PDP today believed that they are so weakened and battered that the party is no longer a mechanism for elections, they should go and register as another political entity. But as far as I am concerned, we are committed to building a party that is virile that resonate with the masses of Nigeria people.”

He urged party members and leaders to continue to support the Renewed Hope Agenda of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.

“And also to continue to work towards getting back the state from the present leadership because the government can’t benefit the Osun people, the government has failed in so many sectors like the education, health sector and Agriculture.

“The quantum increase in the allocation of the state has not actually reflected in terms of qualitative governance in Osun State,” Basiru said.

In their responses, Alhaji Tajudeen Adekunle and Mr Ismail Adisa, known as Adogan, who led hundreds of their supporters to the APC, explained that they left PDP because of the way the party is being run like a sole proprietorship, adding that they were tired of rendering services where such is not appreciated.