Amidst a wave of defections to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), President Bola Tinubu on Thursday refuted claims that his government intends to establish a one-party state in Nigeria, declaring such a system “not good for the country.”
Tinubu made this statement while addressing a joint session of the National Assembly in Abuja, as part of the 2025 Democracy Day commemorations.
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“To those who ring the alarm that the APC is intent on a one-party state, I offer you a most personal promise. While your alarm may be as a result of your panic, it rings in error,” Tinubu asserted.
He continued, “At no time in the past, nor any instance in the present, and at no future juncture shall I view the notion of a one-party state as good for Nigeria. I have never attempted to alter any political party registration with INEC. Equally, my friends, we cannot blame anybody seeking to bail out of a sinking ship even without a life jacket.”
Recalling his tenure as an opposition governor of Lagos State from 1999 to 2007, Tinubu affirmed he has no intention of making Nigeria a one-party state but would not reject opposition members wishing to join the APC.
He added, “In 2003, when the then-governing party tried to sweep the nation clean of political opposition through plot and manipulation, I was the last of the progressive governors standing in my region.”
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