Showunmi decries defection by politicians

A Chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party and National Coordinator of The Alternative Movement, Otunba Segun Showunmi, has frowned at the frequent defection of politicians. Speaking during public presentation of two books written by a senior journalist, Mr Ike Abonyi, Showunmi wondered why politicians defects from one political party to another just for personal political […]

A Chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party and National Coordinator of The Alternative Movement, Otunba Segun Showunmi, has frowned at the frequent defection of politicians.

Speaking during public presentation of two books written by a senior journalist, Mr Ike Abonyi, Showunmi wondered why politicians defects from one political party to another just for personal political gains.

The book launch which brought top politicians in Abuja together was titled: ‘Wadata Wonders: Memoirs of a Partisan Journalist,’ anchored around the plaza housing the PDP national secretariat.

He said those who jump from party to party are the same ones saying how come parties are not like those strong political parties built in South Africa.

“For a sustainable political party to be built, you have to have an enduring discipline. You cannot be the one who hub from one platform to another and still be the one who wonders why political parties cannot be sustained”, he said.

The crusader of the National Opposition Movement Coalition (NOMC), urged Nigerians to pray for politicians who do not have political ideology.

“Look in the mirror you might see the problem. Their hypocrisy stinks to high heaven”, he added.

The PDP heavyweights who attended were former PDP presidential aspirant, Alhaji Mohammed Hayatu-Deen; Chairman of the PDP Governors’ Forum and Bauchi State Governor, Senator Bala Mohammed, who was represented by the Director-General, Mr Emmanuel Agbo; and former Minister of Information, Chief John Nwodo.

Nwodo, who delivered the keynote at the occasion, spoke on the topic, “How Did We Get Here?”, an ex-ray of Nigeria’s political and democratic governance process to date.