The immediate past Governor of Bayelsa State, Seriake Dickson, has taken a swipe at politicians who usually decamp to other parties, describing the situation as an ugly Nigerian politician culture.
Dickson, who currently represents Bayelsa-West in the National Assembly, stated this on Wednesday during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today, noting that the country has not reached its peak with respect to the decamping season.
With the 2023 general elections about 17 months away, the lawmaker predicted that more politicians would cross-carpet from one side of the political divide to another.
Prominent members of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party have switched camp to the All Progressives Congress (APC) recently with Ebonyi State Governor, Dave Umahi, leading the league of PDP governors to the ruling party.
Shortly after, Governors Ben Ayade (Cross River) and his Zamfara State counterpart, Matawalle Bello followed suit, despite being elected under the PDP platform in the 2019 general elections.
Just a few days ago, a member of the PDP Board of Trustees, Senator Joy Emordi also dumped the opposition party to join the APC train.
But Dickson isn’t surprised with the defections, explaining that more defections will still take place in the build-up to the next general polls.
In His words, the former governor of Bayelsa said no one should be surprised to see a lot of chicken coming home to roost or be surprised to see some other birds of passage-flocking around as that has become is what they have come to know and see in Nigerian politics.
