A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Lagos State, Dr Adetokunbo Pearse, has criticised recent defections from the party to the All Progressives Congress, APC, describing those leaving as “political scavengers.”
Pearse, a former member of the Atiku Abubakar 2023 Presidential Campaign Committee and convener of the Reset Lagos PDP group, made the statement while reacting to the defection of the party’s State Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Hakeem Amode, and several others to APC.
Speaking at a press conference held in Ikeja on Monday, Pearse said the defections are not a source of concern to PDP, as the party remains unshaken. He noted that most of the defectors were allies of Abdul-Azeez Adediran (Jandor), who had previously announced his exit from PDP.
“These people were never fully aligned with the PDP since Jandor joined the party,” Pearse stated. “They have only now made their positions public.”
He called the defectors lightweight politicians whose influence would not be felt in the party.
“What power does Jandor and his supporters have when they were able to muster only five per cent in an election. Anyone who believed that the whole structure of Lagos PDP collapsed because they defected to APC can believe any joke.
“At best, we can agree that five per cent of the unreliable elements in PDP have left the party. Let me add, it is better that these saboteurs reveal themselves now, before the 2027 elections. They are no longer a problem for PDP,” he said.
“By leaving the PDP, these political scavengers are inadvertently helping PDP to clean its house in preparation for 2027,” Pearse further declared.
