Ribadu Defends Defection To PDP

Former EFFC Chairman, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu through his spokesman,
Mr Abdulaziz Abdulaziz has defended his decision for defecting to PDP from APC.

“In Nigeria, especially in politics, you can’t say that this
is an exclusive party for the people who are thieves or this is for good
people. It’s just like saying that all Yorubas are this or all Igbos are this.
In every group of people, there must be good people and there are bad people.
Of course, the good may be more than the bad or the bad may be more than the
good in any group. But there is no any party that is exclusively for the good
people or for the bad people,” he said.

While speaking further, Mr Abdulaziz also said;

It is not true that he (Ribadu) was desperate to realise his
political ambition. This is because this decision was taken in the overriding
interest of serving the people.

“What matters for him is service. That is why even when he
was a member of the opposition party, when government asked him to serve the
country, he accepted the offer and he did a wonderful job that everybody hailed
except those who don’t want change in the system.

“If you are ready to serve the people, sometimes you will
have to do something that is not even palatable to yourself,” he said.