By John Ogunsemore
Former Aviation Minister, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, said the opposition, not President Bola Tinubu, should take the blame for the nation’s purported slide into a one-party state.
Fani-Kayode said this in a Facebook post on Saturday, days after the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) held its 99th National Executive Council (NEC).
According to the ex-minister, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is “the most united and focused party” in the nation’s history.
On the other hand, he said, “the opposition forces are the weakest, most fragmented, most indisciplined, most cowardly, most incompetent, most confused, most divided and most badly led in our entire history”.
He added, “They are truly pitiful and pathetic, and they are getting more demystified and diminished at both the Federal and state level by the day.
“Is it any wonder that we are heading towards a one-party state? Don’t blame (President Bola Ahmed Tinubu) for that but rather blame the opposition who cannot even hold a NEC or National caucus meeting without insults, rancour and exchanging blows.”
The APC chieftain insisted that the opposition has not shown it is capable of taking power at the centre in 2027.
He also lampooned the opposition coalition being championed by former Vice President and 2023 PDP presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar.
“You can’t even hold your respective parties together, and instead of attempting to do so you are busy running up and down shamelessly to find a platform in the name of some far-fetched and illusionary alliance.
“You have put your personal ambitions before the collective interest of our nation and your respective parties, and that, coupled with your crass arrogance, vaulting ambition and insufferable pride, is what has led to your downfall.”
Fani-Kayode said he could not wait for 2027 “so that we can bury you all over again, only this time it will be for good”.