The Young People’s Party (YPP) said the plan by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) for one-party state is not healthy for the growth of democracy in Nigeria.
The party, which reacted to the defection of Senator Ifeanyi Ubah to the APC, faulted his claim of irreconcilable differences within the YPP, as reason for his defection.
YPP in a statement by National Publicity Secretary Comrade Egbeola Wale Martins advised Ubah not cry wolf where there is none.
“Reality and facts do not magically cease to exist just because the facts offend us, hence there is no need de-marketing our party at the expense of millions of our followers.
“If for anything, the leadership of our great party has been consistent in supporting not just Senator Ifeanyi Ubah but all candidates who ran and won elections on our platform and will continue to do so provided they do not waver in keeping faith with the party,” the party added.
It condemned what it described as APC’s “penchant for scavenging political parties in an attempt to make Nigeria a one party state.”
YPP advised President Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led APC to concentrate more on solving the myriad of challenges confronting the nation rather than the desperate suffocation of opposition political parties.
The party warned Senator Ubah of legal implications of his action, and declared its readiness “to explore all available options within the ambit of the law.”
