The Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima, has stated that the wave of defections by politicians from other parties to the governing All Progressives Congress (APC) has exposed the cracks within the opposition camp.
He noted that while these cracks are becoming visible in the walls built by the opposition, the APC is growing stronger by the bridges it has constructed.
The VP, who represented President Bola Tinubu, spoke on Tuesday in Enugu during the grand reception of Governor Peter Mbah, his cabinet, and supporters into the APC, described the decision by the Enugu State Governor and thousands of his supporters to defect to the governing party as an extraordinary endorsement of APC’s collective vision.
“Much has been said about the ongoing wave of defections to our great party. What the opposition has failed to do is look into the mirror to ask why the APC remains the preferred destination of Nigeria’s most visionary political actors.
“Their departures are not accidents; they reveal the cracks in the walls they built and the strength of the bridges we have constructed. The APC has, over the years, become a political home where ideas find expression, where ambitions find direction, and where patriotism finds partnership,” he stated.
The VP noted, however, that as President Tinubu had often pointed out, it is not the duty of the governing party “to fix the house of the opposition.
“Our task is to offer Nigerians a level playing ground and a clear alternative built on integrity, competence, and performance. That we are chosen again and again as the political party of the moment and of the future is because we represent order over chaos, progress over paralysis, and hope over despair,” he added.
Addressing a mammoth crowd of supporters, who thronged the Michael Okpara Square, Enugu, in solidarity with the Governor and his new party, the VP Shettima maintained that the APC has nurtured relationships built on trust, accommodating divergent interests, and offering a platform where every Nigerian with noble intentions can find purpose.
