Nigeria, Feb. 18 -- A former Director General of the Voice of Nigeria, Osita Okechukwu, has said members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are leaving because the party has been demobilised to play its traditional role as the main opposition party.

Mr Okechukwu, a foundation member of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), stated this in a statement on Monday in reaction to the claim by a former governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal, that PDP members are defecting to the ruling party for personal gains.

On Saturday, Mr Tambuwal, currently the senator for Sokoto South, expressed disappointment over the recent wave of defections by PDP members to the APC.

"I believe that no one with a conscience will join the APC. People leav...