Former Senate President Bukola Saraki has predicted that two more governors and members of the National Assembly will dump the People’s Democratic Party, PDP.

DAILY NIGERIAN reports that Delta State Governor Sheriff Oborevwori and his Akwa Ibom State counterpart, Umo Eno recently dumped the PDP for the All Progressives Congress, APC.

Similarly, the PDP has experienced a mass exit of House of Representative members and Senators to the APC.

Speaking during an interview with Arise TV, Mr Saraki, who is chairman of the party’s reconciliation and convention committee, said he foresees the PDP losing bigwigs to the ruling party.

He emphasised that political elites largely drive the recent wave of defections from the party.

While acknowledging the crisis rocking the party, Mr Saraki maintained that the party’s grassroots support remains solid and loyal.

Mr Sarki said: “When you go round the country, the state chapters, the local government chapters, the party is still very strong in the grassroots.

“In some areas in the country, they are not even aware of what is happening at our level, in Abuja.

“The reactions we are seeing at the grassroots give us a lot of encouragement. But what we need to do is to get to the bottom and start to build.”

Mr Saraki, however, warned that more high-profile exits may occur if the party does not urgently resolve its internal crisis.

“PDP would likely see one or two more defections, and we should prepare ourselves for that, there is a possibility,” he said.

“We haven’t seen the worst of the defections for PDP. We would likely see one or two governors defect and possibly some senators as well.

“For some of us, this happening early in PDP is an advantage. We are lucky that this is not happening, let’s say late 2026, we would not even have had time to recover and regroup.

“We have just under two years to the election, and we are lucky to have that. I think, with a lot of commitment and understanding, it is not a lost cause.

“A party of over 26 years of history that has been around, the largest party, we will definitely have low times like this.”