Ben Murray-Bruce dumping the PDP to join the APC is not shocking, it’s predictable. It’s the same script Nigerian politicians never stop repeating: when the pot starts to cool, they simply move to where the soup is hotter. For a man who once branded himself as “Mr. Common Sense,” his sudden praise of Tinubu’s government feels like anything but that. The timing alone, just as Bayelsa’s governor also crossed over, shows this is less about conviction and more about convenience.
When “Common Sense” Takes a Break
Ben Murray-Bruce now says Tinubu is “on the right track.” Interesting. This is the same track that’s leaving Nigerians broke, frustrated, and praying for stability. The former senator insists that the president’s “painful reforms” are building future prosperity. But when you’re sitting in comfort, pain always looks easier to romanticize. The rest of the country isn’t feeling reform, they’re feeling hunger. Yet, like many before him, Ben is trying to sell us the same old recycled gospel of “short-term pain, long-term gain.” Nigerians have been hearing that since the 1980s.
His claim that insecurity is “quietly being dismantled” and the naira “restored” would make sense only in a country that doesn’t use social media. The same insecurity he says is being “dismantled” is still taking lives in the North and the South. The same naira he calls “restored” is barely holding its breath. But somehow, Ben thinks the world is “watching Nigeria rise again.” Maybe in his dreams.
PDP’s Never-Ending Sleep
What makes this even worse is how lifeless the PDP has become. The opposition party now looks like a hospital ward, weak, silent, and unable to even react when its members walk out. Once a ruling force, it’s now a resting place for tired politicians waiting to defect. The fact that two big Bayelsa names, Ben Murray-Bruce and Governor Diri, left within hours of each other says it all. The PDP isn’t just losing members, it’s losing its soul.
APC has built a clear, if not cunning, strategy ahead of 2027. While PDP leaders are busy sulking, APC is collecting their people one by one. They are not just winning elections, they are winning defections. And that’s the smartest kind of politics: kill the opposition from inside, not from outside.
When Loyalty Has a Price
Ben’s flowery statement about “choosing to stand with the future” is amusing. This is not about the future, it’s about survival. Politicians like him always find the ruling party fashionable. It’s easier to praise Tinubu than to question him. No one dumps PDP these days for ideals. They do it for relevance.
Still, Ben Murray-Bruce dumping PDP and saying Tinubu is on the right track tells a deeper story: Nigeria’s political class has no ideology left. Parties are just temporary shelters for ambition. When one roof leaks, they run to the next.
Same Old Game
Now, the man who once told Nigerians to “build, don’t destroy” is helping build the same system that keeps recycling failure. It’s almost poetic “Mr. Common Sense” finally found comfort in a party that defies sense.
