The chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Nentewe Yilwatda, has stated that defectors will not be allowed to take over the party’s leadership structures.

Yilwatda stated this while speaking with newsmen after a closed-door meeting with the party’s Federal Capital Territory (FCT) stakeholders on Tuesday in Abuja.

He asserted that defectors seeking executive positions must produce resignation letters accepted by their former party chairmen.

“If you are in opposition, you must give a resignation letter and show evidence of resignation and acceptance of your resignation by your former party chairman,” Yilwatda said.

He drew a clear distinction between those who were in the party from the beginning and those who just joined it, saying the interests of both would be protected without allowing one to subsume the other.

“It is a home that we built. If the house was not built, nobody will come, so nobody should come as a warrior and take over,” he said

He added that the solution, however, was in a deliberate power-sharing formula that guaranteed inclusion across both blocs.

“We must have everybody included; there will be a sharing formula that will ensure that all members of the legacy group and defectors are properly carried along,” Yilwatda said.