A Chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and former Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Farouk Aliyu, has dismissed claims that the ruling party is responsible for the issues in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Speaking during an interview on ‘Sunrise Daily’, a programme on Channels Television on Wednesday, Aliyu stated that the PDP was in self-destruct mode, which, according to him, is beneficial for the APC.
He asserted that the APC and President Bola Tinubu are not interested in making Nigeria a one-party state.
He said, “No, we in the APC don’t have plans to make this country a one-party state. No. And I’m confirming that to you that it’s not the president, not us in the party, not the leadership, not the leaders of the party. What’s the problem in PDP? If you remember very well, Nigerians can remember that what happened was, during their convention in 2023, I think, coming to the election, when they decided, I mean, who gets the ticket, whether the north or the south and so on and so forth.
“We saw it on the pages of newspapers and on television when Atiku Abubakar got the ticket.
“He set up a committee to go and get the VP candidate for them. Somewhere along the line, they agreed on Nyesom Wike, and then his wisdom changed to another person. So Wike went berserk. So that’s their making, not our making, not the making of APC.
“But then of course, if PDP decides to destroy their party on their own, it is to APC’s advantage; however, the issues in PDP are not the making of APC.”