Former House of Representatives member Dachung Bagos has blamed the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) failure for a growing trend of defections to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
Bagos, who recently left the PDP for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), made the remarks on Tuesday, January 6, during an interview on Channels Television’s The Morning Brief while explaining why he believes politicians are exiting the opposition party.
“We are not jumping parties because of sycophancy. We are jumping party because the PDP has failed at this particular moment and it’s irredeemable at this particular moment,” he said, highlighting the party’s inability to address internal crises and meet the expectations of its members.
The former lawmaker explained that the decision to leave the PDP is motivated by governance and agenda alignment rather than personal ambition.
“We are jumping parties because of the platform that wants to give our people a voice, and leadership that says look, ‘You can trust us to be able to address this very issue,’” Bagos said.
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His defection comes amid a series of similar moves by PDP members, some of whom have joined the APC or the African Democratic Congress (ADC) due to infighting and perceived mismanagement within the party.
Bagos said his move also aligns with the APC’s governance priorities, particularly President Bola Tinubu’s emphasis on state police and local government autonomy.
“If he has re-emphasized the issue of local government autonomy and to ensure that every state has local government elections, we want the son of nobody to be a local government chairman, we want the son of nobody to be this and that, and we want to see the youth that have never believed in politics to believe in politics,” he said.
The former lawmaker stressed that governance is about delivering solutions to the people, not loyalty to a party name.
Bagos’ defection coincided with Plateau State Governor Caleb Mutfwang joining the APC, reinforcing a growing trend of shifts from the PDP to the ruling party.