Governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have lamented that the country is becoming a one-party state.
The governors accused the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC)-led federal government of plotting it through deploying unlawful threats, intimidation and outright underhand tactics to capture PDP governors.
The opposition governors stated this following the recent defection of the Zamfara State governor, Bello Mattawalle, from the PDP to the APC.
Matawalle joined Dave Umahi of Ebonyi and Prof Ben Ayade of Cross River as PDP governors that joined the APC in the last seven months.
While assuring that they will continue to resist APC’s attempts, the PDP governors, under the aegis of the PDP Governors Forum, said the current administration has become a clear and present danger to democracy in Nigeria.
The director general of PDP Governors Forum, Hon. CID Maduabum, in a statement, said “the APC and its government at the federal level now constitutes A clear and present danger to Nigeria and especially its democracy. We will continue to resist the attempt by the APC to foist a one party dictatorship on Nigerians.
“We are confident that if Nigerians are allowed to express their political preferences through a free and fair election, APC will be roundly rejected as the PDP remains the only credible, acceptable alternative platform that could deliver good governance for Nigeria. It is time for well-meaning Nigerian patriots to rise and join together to rescue Nigeria from the APC malaise.”
