The People's Democratic Party (PDP) has expressed the fear that the current wave of defections currently sweeping the PDP after her defeat in the March 28 presidential election to the All Progressive Congress (APC) is capable of plunging the nation into a one party state which is not healthy for a young democracy like that of Nigeria.
This assertion was made known to newsmen by the National Auditor, Alhaji Adewole Adeyanju, who stated this on Thursday in Abuja, warned the All Progressives Congress against turning Nigeria to a one party state.
Adeyanju, in a statement made available to journalists in Abuja ahead of the second phase of the elections, pointed out that a one party state was dangerous for the nation’s nascent democracy.
Adeyanju said rather than dumping PDP for the APC because of its brilliant performance in the last elections, “members should go back to the drawing board, put on their thinking caps and plan ahead of future elections, that is what is expected of a good politician, who really wants to serve his or her community”.
He added, “Our nascent democracy needs strong opposition, which will spur any ruling party to work hard for good governance. Rushing to the APC by PDP members, especially the so-called bigwigs, is not the answer to the current predicament of the PDP and it is dangerous to our nascent democracy. Rather we should come together to review our poor outing and look for a way forward.”
He expressed optimism that if PDP leaders could come together and put their acts together in a proper perspective once again, the party would surely bounced back having being in power for almost 16 years and based on its achievements.
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