Prior to the electioneering season and campaigns, which culminated in the 2023 general elections, there had been a long lull in the proactiveness of the opposition parties in terms of putting the ruling All Progressives Congress-led government on its toes. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), which was then considered the main opposition party was said to have been docile while the other parties were almost always unheard, at least until the days leading to the elections when the Labour Party had some momentum.
Prior to the electioneering season and campaigns, which culminated in the 2023 general elections, there had been a long lull in the proactiveness of the opposition parties in terms of putting the ruling All Progressives Congress-led government on its toes.[• PDP’s influence under new dispensation depends on how party resolves crises – Agbaje
Two obvious factors were adduced for the concern. One is the strong personality of President Tinubu and his propensity for reaching out and building networks across divides, which many fear may inadvertently further weaken the PDP and Labour Party , the two major opposition platforms. He said the outcome of the 2023 presidential poll in which Tinubu scored 8, 794, 726 to defeat former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar who came second with 6, 984, 520 votes, Peter Obi of LP third with 6, 101, 533 and Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso of New Nigerian People Party 1, 496, 687, is not an indication that the President Tinubu can suppress or push opposition parties into oblivion.
In North Central the ruling party has more states than the PDP. If the data is anything to go by, the LP is the least of all headaches President Tinubu will have. In Ondo State, the PDP is sailing like a ship without a sailor. The situation is the same in Lagos and Ogun. Although he attested to the fact that any party in power will always want to suppress the opposition, as “this is normal in politics and we are not unmindful of it. The onus is on us to stand up to the challenge and we are already putting every measure in place to ensure genuine reconciliation, especially considering the aftermath of the last general elections.”
He specifically said with someone like Tinubu in charge of power, “he will use money, positions and other influences to entice opposition members in areas the ruling party appears weak and less popular. Don’t forget that the former governor of Lagos State is one of the astute politicians and rugged democrats that understand the rules, games and dynamics of political power. It is the opposition that needs to sit tight and put their houses in order.
“We also told them that a whole Southwest region cannot be totally cut off while there was little or nothing done to pacify Southeast, the only zone yet to produce the president. Nobody listened to us. Peter Obi left to pick a Labour Party ticket with massive followers. Tanko said first thing first is for Nigerians to wait till the end of the ongoing court case before anyone will know which party and candidate will rule and those that will become opposition parties.
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