Former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has responded to President Bola Tinubu’s recent comments regarding the disarray within Nigeria’s opposition parties. While acknowledging the internal challenges faced by his own party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Saraki expressed confidence that the PDP would resolve its issues.
President Tinubu, during his Democracy Day address on Thursday, openly expressed amusement at the struggles of opposition parties, stating, “It is a joy to see the opposition in disarray. For me, I will not say, try your best to put your house in order. I will not help you to do so, either.” He also denied any government schemes to establish a one-party system through orchestrated defections to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
In his response to journalists shortly after the Democracy Day ceremony, Saraki conceded that the PDP is indeed grappling with internal turmoil. However, he emphasized that the party would “sort itself out.” Saraki urged the PDP and other opposition groups to concentrate on self-correction and reorganization, stressing the need for them to “get their houses in order.”
Saraki further stated, “I think we must take him at his words. I mean, he spoke well, saying that he’s not for a one-party state. So we must take him at his word, and he supports a multi-party. So we are all on the same page.” He added, “That’s why we are going around and bringing everybody to come around. So those who say they are under pressure, there is no pressure anymore. So, we’re all for multi-party, and everybody should get their house in order, as he said, he’s not going to help us, so we are going to sort our own house again.”
Saraki Responds to Tinubu: PDP Will ‘Sort Itself Out’ Despite Internal Disarray
