Senator Bukola Saraki has responded to President Bola Tinubu’s comment on the state of chaos in Nigeria’s opposition parties by acknowledging internal turmoil inside his own party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
He did, however, say that the party would straighten itself out.
During his Democracy Day lecture on Thursday, Tinubu took a direct shot at opposition parties, expressing amusement at their hardships.
“It is a joy to see the opposition in disarray.
“For me, I will not say, ‘Try your best to put your house in order. I will not help you to do so, either,” the president said.
Tinubu also denied suggestions that his government is plotting to construct a one-party system by orchestrating defections to the ruling All Progressives Congress.
Saraki responded to journalists shortly after the ceremony in the National Assembly, admitting that the PDP is facing internal issues.
The former Senate president called on his party and other opposition groups to focus on self-correction and reorganisation, saying they must “get their houses in order”.
Saraki said, “I think we must take him at his word. I mean, he spoke well, saying that he’s not for a one-party state. So we must take him at his word, and he supports a multi-party. So we are all on the same page.
“That’s why we are going around and bringing everybody to come around. So those who say they are under pressure, there is no pressure anymore. So, we’re all for multi-party, and everybody should get their house in order; as he said, he’s not going to help us, so we are going to sort our own house again.”
