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Wisdomkosi(m): 7:34am On Apr 25
Former member of the House of Representatives and ex-presidential adviser Dr. Usman Bugaje has accused Nigeria’s ruling party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), of systematically using money to induce defections from the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Speaking in an interview with Arise News, Bugaje claimed that the APC has been aggressively targeting opposition figures, leveraging both financial incentives and potential legal threats.

His words: “Well, for what I know—and I don’t claim to know everything—the APC is basically using money to buy off PDP.

“Some say it’s a carrot and stick approach. The money is the carrot. What’s the stick? Possibly the EFCC. They might do these kinds of things. This has been the practice since the time of President Obasanjo.”

Bugaje argued that the root cause of the ongoing wave of defections is money, warning that such practices pose a grave threat to Nigeria’s democratic system.

He said: “For me, this is a very serious issue. This should be the center of our political discourse. As long as money remains the determining factor, then that’s the end of democracy and the end of politics.”

His comments come in the wake of a major political shake-up in Delta State, where Governor Sheriff Oborevwori and former Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, who was also the PDP’s 2023 vice-presidential candidate, defected to the APC. They were ed by of the National Assembly, State Assembly, and several local government chairmen.

Bugaje stated that he is skeptical about the PDP’s ability to function as an effective opposition.

“There has not been real opposition since the moment Nyesom Wike did what he did,” Bugaje said.

“The PDP missed its chance to be a viable opposition party. Just look at their conduct on major national issues—from emergency rule debates to budget discussions. They failed to act like an opposition,” he added.

Source : https://politicsnigeria.com/apc-using-money-efcc-threats-to-weaken-pdp-through-defections-ex-lawmaker/

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cyphaAhmed(m): 7:52am On Apr 25
First to comment
Riversides2003(m): 7:53am On Apr 25
Aa
press9jatv: 7:53am On Apr 25
😂 you too used it now.

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loveli2uall: 7:54am On Apr 25
Noted but make use of Ur own tactics to keep Una people

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Oakenshield: 7:54am On Apr 25
Omo ehn Nigeria politics is a waste

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fasho01(m): 7:54am On Apr 25
Cry me a river oga grin

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P1PrinceKT(m): 7:54am On Apr 25
The probable fact is that the defectors were either promise a new role or the defection was used to cover some corrupt cases.

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SouthSouth1914: 7:54am On Apr 25
We all know that! Tinubu is muscling everything out! Bribing his way to 2027. The result will be more Nigerians going into extreme poverty, as the government would careless because there is no checks and balances in government system!

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Marvieduke(f): 7:54am On Apr 25
What else would they use, when the system is corrupt, we expect more to defect....
jetguy(m): 7:54am On Apr 25
The day your life will tremendously change for better as a Nigeria citizen is when you stop to insult your colleagues because of Nigeria politicians...
Irrespective of their party's, they're all the same, know this and know peace undecided

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CHAQUR: 7:54am On Apr 25
Why are you EFCC target too...?

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gigabyte13: 7:55am On Apr 25
Normal cry of the lossing side
Weakling
People with no balls just eggs
Emilokan was in opposition for years
And Una go dey use
All these weaklings dey compare emilokan
Are you guys madttttttttttttt.....

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mbahdi(m): 7:55am On Apr 25
Why are d pdps corrupt den..if they ain't corrupt n unfortunate like d apcs why will they be scared

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Riversides2003(m): 7:55am On Apr 25
Tinubu is setting a very bad precedent with all his game plan.

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gozi360: 7:55am On Apr 25
Apc and your sins will be forgiven

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Kingpele(m): 7:56am On Apr 25
We are heading to one party state, tinubu hates opposition

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SeeWahala: 7:56am On Apr 25
Riversides2003:
Tinubu is setting a very bad precedent with all his game plan.

Tilumbu will be the death of democracy in Nigeria cry

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omodejk12: 7:56am On Apr 25
It is game
Shawarmagirl: 7:57am On Apr 25
I am done discussing about Nigeria politics and elections. If Nigeria wants to burn to ashes let it burn. I am good over here and my lovely kids will not witness Nigeria.

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Tunjikam(m): 7:58am On Apr 25
Why those Governors sef steal money if not why are they not preferred to be arrested by EFCC instead??

Wisdomkosi:



Source : https://politicsnigeria.com/apc-using-money-efcc-threats-to-weaken-pdp-through-defections-ex-lawmaker/
Tunjikam(m): 7:59am On Apr 25
Why those Governors sef steal money if not why are they not preferred to be arrested by EFCC and settle in court instead??

Wisdomkosi:



Source : https://politicsnigeria.com/apc-using-money-efcc-threats-to-weaken-pdp-through-defections-ex-lawmaker/
Kingpele(m): 7:59am On Apr 25
[quote author=gigabyte13 post=135117047]Normal cry of the lossing side
Weakling
People with no balls just eggs
Emilokan was in opposition for years
And Una go dey use
All these weaklings dey compare emilokan
Are you guys madttttttttttttt.....[tinubu was able to play opposition effectively because presidents at that time understand democracy and importance of opposition but tinubu now president don't want any one to oppose him and he's using all the power he can get to make sure opposition is totally eliminated
fabolouz1(m): 8:00am On Apr 25
he that has clean hands has nothing to fear .
Mumusaphire: 8:01am On Apr 25
To me, I don't think things will work again in this country and this is my reason.
APC are really using power wrongly, what PDP don't do for their 16 years. So if another party take power from them, APC already set the record down that u can do anyhow with power, so they will be using the power wrongly.

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Fiscus105(m): 8:02am On Apr 25
Freedom fighter cum democracy champion of yesteryears is a terror of Democracy now.

If human beings can see tomorrow, but if voters know, would they hear? Stomach infrastructure destroying zoo voters since time immemorial.
malali: 8:02am On Apr 25
Very obvious.
inoki247: 8:03am On Apr 25
Lol then it shows the Governor's are corrupt if they're scared of EFCC....

Then it shows we don't really hate corruptions buh the enabler...


Governer who's clean and loves his people won't be intimidated...


So make Una getat with the cap ..

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Britishpea: 8:03am On Apr 25
most times these people dont make sense...How many people would they use EFCC to threaten among all these numbers that are leaving i drones...So thy used EFCC on NED Nwoko, the LP guy, the governor of Delta state that still enjoys immunity....Nigerian politicians only love to allign to wherever they think they would have their interests met...

They always look at the party that is likely to win...However, alot of de-marketing of Atiku is ongoing...His greed angers many they believe he wants to contest again and many have the feelings that the party is not created for him...

also many of them beleive that PDP is already destroyed beyond repair ...It is not more than this...A lot people also dont trust El Rufai and his new SDP wife

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omodejk12: 8:04am On Apr 25
Former member of the House of Representatives and ex-presidential adviser Dr. Usman Bugaje has accused Nigeria’s ruling party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), of systematically using money to induce defections from the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).



Speaking in an interview with Arise News, Bugaje claimed that the APC has been aggressively targeting opposition figures, leveraging both financial incentives and potential legal threats.



His words: “Well, for what I know—and I don’t claim to know everything—the APC is basically using money to buy off PDP.



“Some say it’s a carrot and stick approach. The money is the carrot. What’s the stick? Possibly the EFCC. They might do these kinds of things. This has been the practice since the time of President Obasanjo.”



Bugaje argued that the root cause of the ongoing wave of defections is money, warning that such practices pose a grave threat to Nigeria’s democratic system.



He said: “For me, this is a very serious issue. This should be the center of our political discourse. As long as money remains the determining factor, then that’s the end of democracy and the end of politics.”



His comments come in the wake of a major political shake-up in Delta State, where Governor Sheriff Oborevwori and former Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, who was also the PDP’s 2023 vice-presidential candidate, defected to the APC. They were ed by of the National Assembly, State Assembly, and several local government chairmen.



Bugaje stated that he is skeptical about the PDP’s ability to function as an effective opposition.



“There has not been real opposition since the moment Nyesom Wike did what he did,” Bugaje said.



“The PDP missed its chance to be a viable opposition party. Just look at their conduct on major national issues—from emergency rule debates to budget discussions. They failed to act like an opposition,” he added.



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