President Muhammadu Buhari has said that recent defections of key members from the opposition parties would strengthen the potential of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to win elections in coming months, IgbereTV reports
Buhari, while addressing the audience at the National Convention held at Eagle Square in Abuja yesterday, expressed his happiness over the robust membership of the party, adding that APC would remain the leading party in the country.
He said: “It is gratifying that the party recorded massive and unprecedented defections under the Caretaker Committee adminstration. APC recieved three sitting governors, a deputy governor, senators and members of House of Representatives and state assemblies and other key officials from opposition parties who defected along with millions of their supporters.
“I am impressed to learn that membership registration and revalidation exercise uncertain by the Caretaker Committee, has recorded over 41 million members. This has proven that we are indeed Nigeria’s leading and largest political party. It also exhibits our numerical strength and the potential to win elections at all given times fairly and squarely”, he added
