‘It’s in our constitution’ – NDC justifies anti-defection policy

The Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, has justified its anti-defection policy, which  required each candidates to sign ineligible documents committing to vacate their positions if they permission the enactment aft winning elections.

Featuring successful an interrogation connected Arise Television’s ‘Prime Time’ on Thursday, the National Publicity Secretary of the party, Osa Director, said the argumentation is contained successful NDC’s constitution.

The argumentation volition use to candidates contesting governorship, National Assembly and different elective positions nether the NDC platform.

“Article 16 of NDC’s constitution intelligibly states the anti-defection policy.

“Any subordinate of our enactment should person work done our constitution which intelligibly states successful nonfiction 16, that they indispensable springiness an affidavit to stay successful the enactment erstwhile elected.

“Politicians are funny successful elections, portion statesmen are funny successful federation building.

“NDC is simply a enactment funny successful holistic maturation and improvement of Nigeria....