Former President Goodluck Jonathan has warned that it is dangerous for Nigeria to slide into a one-party state
He spoke in Abuja on Wednesday while paying a tribute to the late elder statesman, Edwin Clark, at a memorial lecture and day of tribute. Clark, an Ijaw leader and politician, d!ed in February at the age of 97.
Jonathan warned that any attempt to bring about a one-party state through political machinations to soothe only personal aspirations would be detrimental to the country.
Jonathan, however, stated that “If we must, as a nation, adopt a one-party system, then it must be designed, planned by experts—and we must know what we are going in for.”
“But if we arrive at it through the back door by political manipulations, then we are heading for crisis,” he warned.
Jonathan’s warning came on the heels of the alarm raised by some Nigerians that the country could be drifting into a one-party state, given the gale of defections from some opposition parties to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
The defections had been perceived to have further weakened the opposition, especially the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Aside the defections, some PDP governors, including Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State and Nurudeen Ademola Adeleke of Osun State, are also believed to be supporting President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s second term bid.
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