APC Is Sliding Nigeria Into Dictatorship – Atiku Calls For Merger Of Opposition Parties

Atiku Abubakar

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar has called for opposition parties in the country to come together to defeat the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

Abubakar said Nigeria needs a strong opposition to stop the APC from “turning the country into a one-party state.”

Speaking on Tuesday, November 14 when he received a delegation from the national executive committee of the Inter-Party Advisory Council Nigeria (IPAC), Abubakar said Nigeria’s hard-earned democracy will ”suffer” if APC isn’t checked.



“You have come here today to say that we should cooperate in order to promote democracy,” he said.



 ”But the truth of the matter is that our democracy is fast becoming a one-party system, and of course, you know that when we have a one-party system, we should just forget about democracy.

“We have all seen how the APC is increasingly turning Nigeria into a dictatorship of one party.

“If we don’t come together to challenge what the ruling party is trying to create, our democracy will suffer for it, and the consequences of it will affect the generations yet unborn.

“The project of protecting democracy in our country is not about just one man.”

Atiku also criticised the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) over the conduct of the general and cycle polls.

“The Independent National Electoral Commission conducted the worst general election in the country,” Abubakar alleged.