Shehu Sani, a former congressman from the Kaduna Central Senatorial District, has urged the opposition parties to put an end to their internal strife and cease blaming President Bola Tinubu for their disputes.
Speaking on Channels Television’s “The Morning Brief” on Wednesday, Sani said it was regrettable that the nation’s opposition was turning to the president to address their issues.
The Labour Party, LP, the New Nigeria Peoples Party, the NNPP, the Peoples Democratic Party, and the PDP were among the opposition parties.
How reasonable is it to blame your neighbor or enemy for a problem in your home when you should be taking care of it yourself? Problems within the PDP should be resolved by the PDP; problems within the Labour Party and SDP should be resolved by the Labour Party and SDP. The NNPP is responsible for resolving any issues that may arise.
He remarked, “I’m not sure if they’re also attempting to get the president to attend their party and address their issues.”
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.
“You choose to blame the president for your issues if you are a member of the PDP and you have members who are working against your party and you refuse to suspend or remove them. You’re just being careless, in my opinion.
He went on to say, “I think you are just unserious 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.”
Sani went on to say that fixing the opposition’s problems was not in the president’s best interests, emphasizing that it was a political tactic to see “your adversary” struggle with so many problems.
According to the former MP from Kaduna, “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,” she stated.
“It is a political tactic to make sure your opponent has so many issues in his own region that he will be unable to compete,” he said.
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