Defections: APC majority in Senate not threat to democracy — Oshiomhole

The lawmaker representing Edo North Senatorial District, Adams Oshiomhole, has dismissed concerns that the growing number of lawmakers defecting to the All Progressives Congress, APC, poses a threat to Nigeria’s democracy.

Oshiomhole stated this on ‘Politics Today’, a programme on Channels Television in response to questions regarding the recent defection of three senators to the APC, bringing the party’s total strength in the Senate to 68, edging closer to a two-thirds majority.

“Whether this is a danger to democracy? No, I don’t think so,” he stated on Tuesday.

The former All Progressives Congress, APC, National Chairman said the APC majority will not eliminate debates or dissent in the National…