National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, has said it will be impossible to stop members of the party from defecting to other political paries.

Sheriff, who spoke through the acting National Publicity Secretary of the party, Mr. Bernard Mikko, said members of the party were waiting for the Supreme Court’s ruling on the leadership tussle.

Mikko also spoke on the statement by five governors of the party who met in Abuja on Friday where they resolved that they would stand by the outcome of the judgement of the Supreme Court.

He said, “Well, we have heard what the governors said, and we are all waiting for the judgment of the Supreme Court. We know that the court will toe the line of justice.

“While we are expecting justice, it will be wrong to assume that we can stop people from defecting or leaving the party.”

He also said that the party was aware that the registration of five new political parties by the Independent National Electoral Commission could trigger some members of the party to defect.

He said, “We know some members might want to leave (because of the registration of the new parties), it is possible. However, the registration of these parties is good for our democracy.

“Members (of the PDP) that may want to move to other political are the same as proliferation of political parties don’t change people.

“Majority of the people in the All Progressives Congress are from the PDP. The APC didn’t win the last election; it was won by President Muhammadu Buhari.”

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