The National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Debo Ologunagba, has asserted that defections of its members to the All Progressives Congress (APC) are driven by coercion, fear, and intimidation from the ruling party.

Naijaonpoint reports that Ologunagba made this known on Thursday during ‘Politics Today’, a programme on Channels Television.

Ologunagba said that 80 to 90 per cent of those so-called defections are not based on principles or policies, citing the threat from APC members in Osun State to the opposition party.

He said, “80% to 90% of those so-called defections are not based on principles or policies. The reality is that facts are facts. The alternative fact cannot be the reality.

“Look at Osun State. The APC keep saying join us or we will stress you. This intimidation is happening across the federation in different states.”

Meanwhile, security operatives have taken over the PDP Secretariat in Akwa Ibom.

This development comes after claims of dissolution of the State Working Committee (SWC) by the National Working Committee of the Party (NWC).

Ologunagba dissolved the state exco and appointed a 31-member caretaker committee.

However, the National Secretary of the party, Samuel Anyanwu, issued a counter statement, declaring there was no NWC meeting where such a decision was taken.

Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Akwa Ibom state Àniekan Akpan condemned the sack of his executives by the National Working Committee (NWC).

Speaking to newsmen on Thursday, he asserted that the state exco remains intact till they serve out the four-year tenure for which they were elected, adding that divisive elements within the party are working hard to kill the PDP in the state.