Former President Goodluck Jonathan is afraid Nigeria might soon slide into a one-party state, warning of the danger it portends.
He posited that creating a one-party state through the backdoor of political machinations would be detrimental to the nation.
Jonathan spoke on Wednesday, in Abuja, while paying a tribute to the late elder statesman and former federal commissioner for information, Edwin Clark, at a memorial lecture and day of tribute.
Prompt News reports that the foremost Ijaw leader and politician, Edwin Clark, died in February at the age of 97.
However, the former President said “If we must, as a nation, adopt a one-party system, then it must be designed, planned by experts—and we must know what we are going in for.”
“But if we arrive at it through the back door by political manipulations, then we are heading for crisis.”
He spoke further, “Yes, one-party states—countries have managed them. Yes, a one-party state may not be evil after all, because Julius Nyerere of Tanzania used a one-party state to stabilize his country in the early days of independence.
“He felt that the country, just like Nigeria, had too many tribes and tongues, and two principal religions—Christianity and Islam.
“If we allow multiple parties, some may follow religious lines, others tribal, and unity will be difficult. But it was properly planned; it was not by accident.”
Prompt News reports that Delta State Governor Sheriff Oborevwori, alongside his predecessor, Ifeanyi Okowa, recently defected from the PDP to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC.
In the same vein, the Speaker of Delta House of Assembly and lawmakers have dumped the PDP for the APC.
Also, it is the same story in the neighboring Edo State, where the lawmakers have also defected to the APC.
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Governor Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom state has also declared publicly that he would back President Bola Tinubu for a second term in 2027, fuelling speculations that he might soon dump the PDP for APC.
