A chieftain of the African Democratic Congress, Dele Momodu, has accused President Bola Tinubu of attempting to weaken opposition parties and suppress dissent in Nigeria.
A chieftain of the African Democratic Congress, Dele Momodu, has alleged that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu does not want a strong opposition in Nigeria. Momodu claimed the president would do “anything and everything” to eliminate opposition forces in the country’s political landscape.
In a post on his X page, Momodu urged Nigerians to unite across political lines to resist what he described as attempts to weaken opposition parties. He also suggested that Tinubu had played a role in some of the crises affecting opposition parties, particularly the Peoples Democratic Party.
Momodu wrote: “I do not understand the logic behind this conversation: the only reason Wike could not be suspended or expelled from PDP is his stranglehold on the Judiciary and President Tinubu. Obi left PDP before the Presidential Primary. How can any serious commentator blame Atiku for the problems of PDP. PDP chose to throw its Primary wide open, a decision that was controlled by Wike’s group, and Wike lost, how was that Atiku’s fault again. Wike lobbied to be Atiku’s running mate and lost out, and later chose to support Tinubu; how’s that Atiku’s fault. Was there a guarantee that either Atiku or Obi or Wike would have defeated Tinubu on PDP platform. The Constitution of Nigeria supremely allows everyone to pursue his/her own dreams, legitimately, so what’s this obsession with trying to suppress Atiku who has never stopped others from pursuing theirs. Was it Atiku that scattered the Labor and NNPP Parties. Why are people pretending not to know that Nigeria is under a tyrannical government with access to unprecedented war chest and appurtenances of power. It should be obvious by now that Tinubu does not want any opposition and he will do anything and everything to exterminate and obliterate opposition, if Nigerians do not unite beyond parties to fight back.”
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