The Lagos State Secretary of the African Action Congress (AAC), Jegede Kehinde Olatunji, has reacted to the recent wave of political defections going on in Nigeria, warning that tribal and religious sentiments are blinding the public from holding the ruling class accountable.

“Would Nigerians really see?” Jegede questioned via a social media post, in response to the mass defection of Delta State Governor Sheriff Oborevwori from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). “They have sold tribal barter to them and to deal with. Instead of them to agree that old politicians are the same, they busy singing tribal songs of abuse.”

The AAC Secretary also expressed deep concern over the growing ethnic and religious divisions in political discourse, especially on social media. “I don’t just know how some Nigerians [are] engrossing with tribalism. If you check social media now, the new trend is religion. All these are staged to keep them divided the more, for ruling class to get away with their impunity,” he added.

Jegede’s comments come amid a political shift in Delta State, where Governor Oborevwori, alongside his Deputy Sir Monday Onyeme, immediate past governor Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, several commissioners, House of Assembly members, local government chairmen, appointees, and PDP leaders, officially dumped the PDP and declared allegiance to the APC.