The National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Mr Felix Morka, has said that despite the current wave of defections in the ruling party’s favour, APC has no plan to turn Nigeria into a one-party state. He recently revealed that PDP was never accused of turning the country into a one-party state despite controlling over 28 states at some point.
Speaking during an interview, he revealed that there is nothing wrong with PDP and Labour Party members defecting to the APC, as long as they make up their minds to identify with the ruling party’s processes.
According to him, he cannot blame the politicians who wish to be a part of the winning team, and it is unfair to accuse the ruling party of trying to render opposition parties useless when no defector was forced to join.
“Many of these people are coming in and saying, we want to be part of the process. We want to identify with that process. There’s nothing wrong with that. And you know, that does not mean that we desire for Nigeria to then become a one party system,” he said.
Morka maintained that it is impossible for APC to go against the country’s constitution, which has continually embedded systems that will always make Nigeria a multi-party society, so people should stop assuming otherwise.
The spokesperson reiterated that the one-party narrative should be disregarded because the APC is only worried about how it would continue to protect itself ahead of elections.
He concluded by saying that a lot of changes would have to be made to successfully make APC the only party in the country, and there are no plans for such alterations in the near future.
“As our country, both in the Constitution, in Electoral Act, and a plethora of other laws, have embedded systems that unmistakably make Nigeria a multi party and pluralist society. So, we cannot as a party desire to go against the force of the Constitution, to say we want a party. Because to do that, you have to change a lot, which is nearly impossible to change,” he added.
