Sunday Karimi, the lawmaker representing Kogi West Senatorial District has absolved President Bola Tinubu of any wrongdoing in the crisis rocking the opposition parties.
Speaking during an interview on Arise Television, Karimi, who serves as the chairman of the Senate Committee on Senate Services said there is nothing wrong with Tinubu’s comment on the opposition crisis.
Recall that President Tinubu while delivering his 26th Democracy Day speech before a joint National Assembly session said the crisis rocking the opposition excites him.
The president said it was his pleasure to witness the opposition parties in disarray.
The comment by the president has since been met with several condemnations from individuals and political leaders who described Tinubu’s remark as undemocratic.
However, reacting to the condemnation, Karimi said politics is a game and those who are not ready to face the heat should stay away.
Karimi said, “You see, politics is a race and a game for those that are ready for it. It is not the responsibility of President Booa Ahmed Tinubu to organise other parties.
“If other parties are disorganised, is that his business? No. If they are disorganised then they are not ready to govern Nigeria,” the lawmaker said.
Also addressing claims the APC led by Tinubu was bent on turning Nigeria into a one-party State, the Kogi lawmaker said the Constitution allows everyone freedom of association.
He added that the decision of politicians to join sinking or disorganized parties should not be a problem for President Tinubu or the APC.
He said, “Those other parties, they have their rights to remain in the party, remember there are also trying to form a coalition against the government of Tinubu so that they can take over power from him.
“So if they are trying to bring themselves together and others are trying to join APC, what has President Tinubu done wrong here? Nothing.
“He’s trying to strengthen APC doesn’t mean that he’s turning Nigeria into a one-party state. Do you expect him to be working for those other parties? No!” Karimi noted.