{"id":239878,"date":"2026-01-21T05:04:41","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T05:04:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/governors-senators-have-all-defected-from-original-party-to-apc-baba-ahmed\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T05:04:41","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T05:04:41","slug":"governors-senators-have-all-defected-from-original-party-to-apc-baba-ahmed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/governors-senators-have-all-defected-from-original-party-to-apc-baba-ahmed\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Governors, Senators Have All Defected From Original Party To APC\u2019 \u2013 Baba-Ahmed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"mvp-content-main\">\n<p>A former Special Adviser to President Bola Ahmed <a href=\"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.name.ng\/news\/tinubu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tinubu <\/a>on Political Matters, <strong>Hakeem Baba-Ahmed<\/strong>, has said the ruling All Progressives Congress (PDP) is not a party rooted in the people but one driven largely by those in power.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Abia Radio News<\/strong> reports that Baba-Ahmed stated this on Tuesday during an interview on Politics Today on Channels Television.<\/p>\n<p>The former presidential aide dismissed the notion that the APC\u2019s control of many states translates to nationwide popular acceptance, arguing that political dominance should not be confused with grassroots support.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI\u2019m afraid my thinking is quite different. People tend to think that because the APC has almost all the states, it has the country. No, it doesn\u2019t,\u201d<\/em> he said.<\/p>\n<p>He noted that many of the party\u2019s current leaders only joined through defection rather than organic growth.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cGovernors, senators, members of the House of Representatives have all defected from their original party into the APC,\u201d<\/em> Baba-Ahmed added.<\/p>\n<p>Baba-Ahmed said that despite its dominance, the APC remains disconnected from ordinary Nigerians, raising questions about the basis of its political strength.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThe APC is the party that is dominant in the country, yet it is very far away from the people. You have to ask yourself, \u2018what\u2019s the phenomenon behind this?\u2019\u201d<\/em> he said.<\/p>\n<p>He pointed out that the party currently controls more than 20 states across the federation.<\/p>\n<p>Drawing a distinction between political control and popular legitimacy, Baba-Ahmed concluded that the APC\u2019s structure favours incumbents rather than citizens.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThe APC is a party of the office holder; it\u2019s not necessarily the party of the people. There\u2019s a difference between the two,\u201d<\/em> he said.<\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 2 -->\n                                                                                                            <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A former Special Adviser to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Political Matters, Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, has said the ruling All Progressives Congress (PDP) is not a party rooted in the people but one driven largely by those in power. Abia Radio News reports that Baba-Ahmed stated this on Tuesday during an interview on Politics Today on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":239879,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5],"tags":[287,912],"class_list":["post-239878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-apc","tag-hakeem-baba-ahmed"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Hakeem-Baba-Ahmed.webp.webp","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239878","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=239878"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239878\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/239879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=239878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=239878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=239878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}