NDC introduces anti-defection oath, candidates risk losing seats for dumping party

The Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) has introduced a caller anti-defection argumentation requiring candidates seeking elective offices connected its level to motion ineligible documents committing to vacate their positions if they permission the enactment aft winning elections.

The improvement was disclosed during a ceremonial held astatine the party’s National Secretariat successful Abuja, wherever enactment officials unveiled indemnity and affidavit forms for aspirants and candidates up of aboriginal elections.

According to the National Chairman of the party, Moses Cleopas, the argumentation volition use to candidates contesting presidential, governorship, National Assembly and different elective positions nether the NDC platform.

Cleopas said the determination was aimed astatine strengthening enactment subject and preventing situations wherever politicians unafraid electoral victories connected a enactment level and aboriginal defect to different governmental party.

“In our past NEC meeting, a question was moved, supported and adopted, establishing that erstwhile we instrumentality implicit government, radical elected connected the level of our enactment indispensable respect the party’s instrument,” helium said.

The president stated that the part...