By Bayo Wahab
Former Senator and media entrepreneur, Ben Murray-Bruce, has stated that the wave of defections from the Peoples Democratic Get together (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) doesn’t mark the top of opposition politics in Nigeria, insisting that the nation’s democratic area will at all times produce new challengers.
Murray-Bruce acknowledged this on Thursday throughout an interview on Arise Tv’s Prime Time, following his defection to the APC.
His remarks got here amid the current exits of PDP governors, together with Douye Diri of Bayelsa State and Peter Mbah of Enugu State, who each joined the ruling celebration this week.
In line with the previous lawmaker, the decline of the PDP shouldn’t be mistaken for the demise of democracy or opposition politics within the nation.
“Issues get destroyed for others to indicate up. There might be different events. It might not be known as PDP, however there might be opposition. So, if PDP dies, it dies. Any individual goes to indicate up. Any individual will present up, for certain,” he maintained.
He believes that Nigeria’s political area ensures that different forces will proceed to emerge to problem the ruling celebration.
“There might be opposition, there might be election. There are individuals who will problem the president, and it’s going to be a troublesome election. It’s going to be very powerful,” he added.
Murray-Bruce dismissed fears that the defections of high-profile figures from the PDP to the APC may end in a one-party state. He argued that whereas the PDP could also be “half lifeless,” it doesn’t imply Nigeria’s democratic course of has collapsed.
“Don’t suppose as a result of PDP is half lifeless means the democratic course of is lifeless. It feels that means, folks suppose that means, however any individual will emerge, a frontrunner will present up, and there might be powerful opposition,” he stated.
Highlighting key figures who may nonetheless play pivotal roles within the nation’s political panorama, the previous senator stated, “Peter Obi isn’t lifeless. Kwankwaso isn’t lifeless. Atiku isn’t lifeless, so there might be opposition.”
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