Former lawmaker representing Kaduna Central Senatorial District, Shehu Sani, has challenged the opposition parties to resolve their internal crisis and stop accusing President Bola Tinubu of being behind their tussles.
Sani, who made this call on Wednesday on Channels Television’s ‘The Morning Brief’, said it was unfortunate that the opposition in the country was looking up to the president to solve their problems.
The opposition parties included the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, the Labour Party, LP, the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP and others.
“How logical is it when you have a problem in your house, then you start blaming your neighbour or adversary for it when you should address it. If there is a problem in the PDP, it is for the PDP to solve; if there is a problem in the Labour Party and SDP, it is for the Labour Party and SDP to solve. If there is a problem in the NNPP, it is for the NNPP to solve.
“I don’t know whether they are also trying to ask the president to come to their party and solve their problems,” he said.
DAILY POST recalls that the opposition parties have witnessed internal crisis in recent times, with their membership massively depleted in the past year, as governors, members of the National Assembly, and others joining the ranks of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC.
The members who left for the APC cited internal political wranglings within their parties.
Meanwhile, the opposition members have alleged that the ruling party and Tinubu were masterminding the instabilities in their parties.
Reacting to the allegation, however, the ex-Kaduna lawmaker said blaming Tinubu for the internal crisis in the opposition is irresponsible and has asked them to fix their issues instead.
“If you are in the PDP and you have people working against your party, you refuse to suspend them, you refuse to expel them, and then you decide to focus on the president as being responsible for your problem. I think you are simply being irresponsible.
“If you are in the SDP and you have a crisis in your party and you don’t fix it, and then you are looking for the president or blaming the president, trying to find a scapegoat for your problems, I think you are just unserious,” he added.
Sani further stated that it was not in the best interest of the president to fix the issues in the opposition, stressing it was part of a political strategy to see “your adversary” battling so many issues.
“So, to me, as a president from a ruling party, he cannot be seen trying to fix a missile or a gun that will be directed at him,” the former Kaduna lawmaker said.
“It is part of a political strategy to ensure that your adversary has so much problem within his own area that he will not be able to contend,” he stated.
