National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday said that those who defected from the APC and those who choose to join the party to rescue Nigeria had rights to do so.
On the defection of two ex-governors who left the party because they were not made state leaders, he said:
"Anyone can defect from a party if its doctrine is no longer acceptable to him. We cannot stop them. We lost some members and we have also gained many."
On Atiku Abubakar’s return to the party, Tinubu said the APC is an all-embracing party:
“Abubakar is my friend and brother. We had our disagreements but it is wrong to allow personal disagreements to becloud one’s sense of judgment. If you realise that you have taken a wrong step, you can reverse it. There is no prejudice against his returning. Abubakar has learnt from history and he is back.”
Tinubu made the statement while speaking with political correspondents on the defection of Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau and Attahiru Bafarawa from APC to PDP.
According to Tinubu, in judging a man, there is need to look at his antecedents. “Although Abubakar was to be picked as running mate to late Chief MKO Abiola under the defunct Social Democratic Party, he was later dropped but he did not leave.
“He stayed to work to make sure Abiola won. You cannot erase that part of his behaviour as you evaluate the present,” he added, while praising Atiku's political sagacity.
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