Wednesday, June 25, 2025 - Senator Shehu Sani has called on the opposition parties, including the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the Labour Party (LP), the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), and others, to resolve their internal crisis and stop accusing President Bola Tinubu of being behind their tussles.
While speaking on Channels TV, Sani said;
“It is
unfortunate that the opposition in the country is looking up to the president
to solve their problems.
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.
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 said that fixing the opposition's problems is not in the
president's best interests and that seeing "an adversary" struggling
with so many problems is a political tactic
“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. 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 said
The opposition parties, who are all in one form of
leadership crisis or another, have, at different times, accused the President
of having a hand in their crisis.
In his June 12 Democracy Day speech, President Tinubu threw
a subtle jab at the opposition parties, which he described as sinking
ships.
He said he would neither bother about the crisis in the
opposition parties nor help them fix the problems, adding that it was a
pleasure to see the opposition parties in disarray.
“Political
parties fearful of members leaving may be better served by examining their
internal processes and affairs rather than fearfully conjuring up demons that
do not exist. For me, I will not say, ‘Try your best to put your house in
order.’ I will not help you to do so either.’ It is indeed a pleasure to
witness you in such disarray.” he said
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