Sonala Olumhense
The front pages of Nigeria newspapers last week were dominated by big-wig political defections. In Nigeria, it is now a measure of major national elections when politicians loudly traffic themselves from one big party to another.
It could have been no bigger than last week, marked by the defections of at least one governor and tens of senators and representatives of the All Progressives Congress primarily to the Peoples Democratic Party. The latter, by the way, is reported to be changing its name in a rebranding effort to blot away its 16 years of political evil.
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In an accompanying development the following day, Senate President Bukola Saraki—who is widely-expected to depart the APC—and Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu, found their homes barricaded by hordes of security agents trying…
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