2023: Many Defectors Are Fair-Weather Politicians – Lawmaker

In spite of the incessant defections hitting political parties in recent times, the chairman of the Cross River State caucus in the National Assembly, Senator Gershom Bassey, has described some Nigerian politicians as fair-weather politicians that go with the wind.
Speaking at the burial ceremony of Madam Comfort Asuquo, the mother of the House of Representatives member for Akamkpa/Biase in Cross River State, Mr. Daniel Asuquo, Bassey said he had been involved in politics with Hon Asuquo for almost 20 years and had come to see him as a highly principled politician who cannot be swayed by unnecessary sentiment.
Hear him , “I have come to realise that he is not just a very good politician but is also a highly principled politician. He is a politician that stands for something; he is not a backward politician.
“You know, in Nigeria, we have politicians that just go with the wind all over the place. But this man is a politician that stands on principles and had a good mother that brought him up well, hence he is endowed with good qualities that have transformed to the development of his people,” he said.
According to him, “let us be proud of the family and mama and we continue to say may her soul rest in peace and may God grant all of you the fortitude to bear this loss”.
While consoling Asuquo and his family, Bassey said, “I lost my mother about 25years ago but every day I still feel her loss. So, I want to tell members of the Asuquo family that this void is to be managed but can never be filled. So, I pray that God will continue to give you the fortitude to bear this loss.”

By: Friday Nwagbara, Calabar