JUST IN: Politicians flock to NDC amid crisis in major opposition parties

Politicians across the country have started joining the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) amid internal crises in several opposition parties.

The National Leader of the NDC, Senator Seriake Dickson, disclosed this on Thursday while receiving Amanda Pam, a politician in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), who recently defected to the party.

Pam previously served as Deputy National Legal Adviser of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). She was also appointed mandate health secretary in the FCT under the administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari.

Dickson said Pam was also a chieftain of the African Democratic Congress (ADC). According to the senator, Pam joined the NDC alongside several serving officials from the ADC, the All Progressives Congress (APC), and the PDP in the FCT.

His words: “This afternoon, I received Barr. Amanda Pam, a prominent politician in the FCT with several years of experience in public service and party leadership. She came to join the NDC alongside several serving officials from the ADC, APC, and PDP in the FCT.”

Dickson also said Nuradeen Bisalla, chairman of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the FCT, defected to the NDC alongside the entire party structure in the territory.

He said the defectors include local government and ward chairmen of the SDP in FCT, adding:  “Today, as part of the ongoing wave of decampments into the NDC by politicians across the country, I received the state chairman of the SDP, Alhaji Nuradeen Bisalla, alongside the entire SDP structure in the FCT—comprising local government and ward chairmen—who have now fully collapsed into the NDC.

“They also made generous donations of offices and vehicles, and I sincerely thanked them for their confidence in the party.

“I particularly thanked Alhaji Bisalla, who now serves as the FCT deputy chairman of the NDC, for his commitment and vibrant mobilisation efforts.

“These donations are especially significant, as this new party, like any new political movement, is sustained by the collective contributions of its members, not by moneybags.

“With the calibre of individuals joining the NDC in the FCT, and the many stakeholders we are in touch with, there is no doubt that our party is emerging as a formidable contender.”

Dickson urged politicians seeking a new political platform to join the party, adding that the NDC will challenge the APC in future elections.

“I call on all politicians who are desirous of a new Nigeria, particularly those in parties facing internal challenges, to quickly embrace the NDC — either by contesting elections on its platform or by joining to strengthen and build it in their states, local governments, and wards.

“Together, we will confront the APC in all elections and put a stop to any attempt to impose a one-party state on our nation,” he declared.