Matawalle, Ayade, Umahi, other defectors to APC are opportunists, unprincipled people — Sagay

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Prof Itse Sagay SAN

The Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC), Prof. Itse Sagay (SAN) on Monday described the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) governors who are defecting to the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) as highly unprincipled people and opportunists who want to remain relevant at all cost.

Speaking in an exclusive interview, Sagay who blasted the National Caretaker Committee Chairman of the APC, Governor Mai Mala Buni of Yobe State also described the APC as an unprincipled party for welcoming the PDP governors into its fold.

Governor Dave Umahi of Ebonyi state and Ben Ayade of Cross Rivers have already defected from the PDP to APC while Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara will be formally received into the ruling party on Tuesday.

(Daily Independent)

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