For all l care, all governors and legislators in the “opposition” parties can defect to the ruling party, so that we can effectively have a one- party state. After all, didn’t the five parties during Abacha “transition” period, adopt him as their sole candidate? Didn’t the whole charade end up ignominiously?
The five parties, which late Bola Ige dubbed as five leprous fingers of a hand, were –
United Nigeria Congress Party (UNCP), Congress for National Concensus (CNC),
Grassroot Democracy Movement (GDM), Democratic Party of Nigeria (DPN) and National Center Party of Nigeria (NCPN).
The current political opportunism is not lost on some of us. At the near future, we shall also chronicle the current political charlatanism, steeped marcantilist predilections.
Many supposed political heavyweights defect to ruling parties for personal, opportunistic reason, particularly in our clime. Adams Oshiomhole, then as APC Chairman once said that once you join the APC, your sins are forgiven. In effect, some join in order to have a soft landing with the EFCC because their sins would be forgiven.
Like Gani Fawehinmi said in his open letter to president Olusegun Obasanjo on November 21, 2005, following the death of his wife, Stella, many people that came to shed crocodile tears at the funeral of Stella Obasanjo, did it for different, opportunistic reasons.
Gani said, inter alia:”You should not be deceived by the presence of men and women of Nigeria’s “timber and calibre” (apologies to Late K.O. Mbadiwe). They dominated and populated the crowd at the lying- in- state and at the burial of Stella. Do not be deceived by their presence. Yes, they shed tears for different reasons.There were genuine tears. There were also Ministerial tears, Contract tears, Rotten-head tears, 2007 tears, Teasing tears, Oil block tears, GMG tears (Ghana Must Go Bag tears), Immunity tears, Pardon me tears, Face-showing tears, Business tears, Brixton Prison tears, amongst others.”
In the same token, political defectors to the ruling party (irrespective of the ruling party in power), mostly do so to evade prosecution and if already being prosecuted, to get soft landing (we know how it’s being done in our clime). Members of the ruling party are in dancing mood over the emerging one-party state, because the believe APC is the best thing to happen to Nigeria after the 1914 amalgamation.
The good thing is that at the appropriate time in the near future, there are people who would chronicle their deeds. Na here we dey. No leave, no transfer. Welcome, one-party state.
