Nigeria, June 16 -- The anxiety that some Nigerians are having over what looks like imminence of one-party state in the country is misplaced. The basis for the angst is not deep-rooted enough. It is borne out of a poor reading of Nigeria's political barometer in the present circumstance.

At issue here is the ongoing charade that is being packaged and sold as political defection. Some players in the political field are abandoning their political parties and moving in droves to the ruling party, the All Progressives Congress (APC). There would have been reason to worry about the imminence of one-party state if the APC were a well organized and properly managed party with a coherent strategy on how to reengineer politics and governance. The...