A chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC and former Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Farouk Aliyu, has said that if the Peoples Democratic Party PDP chooses to destroy itself, it would be to the advantage of the APC.
Aliyu made the remark on Wednesday while speaking during an interview on Sunrise Daily, a programme on Channels Television, as he reacted to allegations that the APC is working to weaken opposition parties.
“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 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,” he said.
Aliyu maintained that the internal challenges facing the PDP stem from its own political decisions and disagreements, insisting that the ruling party has no role in the opposition party’s crisis.
