The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has introduced a compulsory affidavit for all its candidates seeking elective offices, requiring them to forfeit their seats if they defect from the party after winning elections.

National chairman of the party, Moses Cleopas, announced the policy during an indemnity signing meeting at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja yesterday.

He stressed that candidates, including gubernatorial and presidential, must depose to the affidavit.

Cleopas explained that the development was not a witch-hunt but aimed at protecting the sanctity of electoral mandates and curbing what he described as post-election political migration.

He said the party would not tolerate situations where elected officials abandon the platform that brought them to office but seek to retain the mandate.

Referencing political realignments across parties, including the Labour Party, he said such cases underscore the need for stricter internal safeguards.

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