Former Senator Shehu Sani has advised opposition parties like the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Labour Party (LP) to address their internal crises rather than blaming President Bola Tinubu for their problems.
Sani's comments come amid growing discontent within these parties over their leadership and electoral performance. He urged the parties to look inward and restructure themselves to regain the trust of Nigerians. He emphasized that finger-pointing at the federal government wouldn't solve their internal issues. Instead, they should focus on rebuilding their structures and strategies to attract new followers and voters.
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.
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