Defections Represent Free Democracy – Chris Okotie

Rev Chris Okotie Optimistic About The Recent Gale Of Defections By Politicians In The Country

Rev. Chris Okotie, a 2019 presidential aspirant, who is also the founder of the House of God International Ministry, has said the harvest of defections  by politicians across the country characterizes free democracy for Nigeria.

Okotie, who had contested for the 2015 Presidency said of recent defections in the country that “The present political scenario in Nigeria is not unusual and is characteristic of a free democracy like ours which empowers you to establish a position and to pursue it, looking for a platform on which you can articulate and crystallize that political posture.

He added that “This phenomenon, in my view, represents birth pangs and it portends good things; that there is light at the end of the tunnel and the renaissance of our great nation.

“These things will play out in their natural sequence and eventually, we will come to a place where we will all recognise the need for a certain mutuality that must be available to each political party and all political actors involved; for the sake of the unity, holistic existence of our nation and posterity.”