A chieftain of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Ladan Salihu, has stated that governors defecting to the All Progressives Congress (APC) are trying to secure their future.

Speaking during an appearance on Arise Television, Salihu stated that some governors believe that President Bola Tinubu can guarantee their political victory.

He, however warned that mass defections by governors do not always guarantee electoral victory, urging the politicians to rely on the support that first brought them to office.

Salihu questioned why some governors would abandon the parties under which they were elected to join the ruling party,

He said, “Let me say this, the history does not lie, and we have a kind of political precedence when it comes to people defecting, or actors or dramatist personas detecting from one party and run into another party that they felt it was for them to catch the golden fleece, it crashed right before our eyes.

“And you remember, at a point the PDP had about 28 governors or thereabout, and that did not stop the PDP from losing election to the APC.

“I often wonder, why should a governor, or governors, you know, rush out of their parties where they won convincingly to be in power, to a ruling party.

“And the answer is simple: governors tend to forget. Politicians of repute when they win an election and the second stanza of an election is beckoning, they forget the Almighty God that first gave them the power to be there. So they forgot that they were empowered by God to be there.

“They have now adopted President Bola Tinubu as their own tin god. They believe that he can give them power.

“They believe that he can give them a platform to win elections they believe that they don’t need the God you and I serve. I’m shocked and flabbergasted by the kind of the politics we play.”