Defections: Driven by opportunism or patriotism?, by Tunde Abatan In the last three weeks or so, many elected public office holders have jumped ship from their party to the other. This trend is prominent among Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, elected officials at state and national levels. Prominent among these are elected public office holders from the rank of incumbent state governors who led their whole state executives, elected legislative offices and state party executives to other parties. An example of this was two weeks ago, the defection of Governor Sherrif Francis Ovoborevwori...