A chieftain of the African Democratic Congress, Ladan Salihu, has described claims of a faction within the Peoples Democratic Party as a calculated move by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC)-led government to weaken and eliminate opposition parties.
Salihu made the assertion on Wednesday while responding to questions during an interview on The Morning Brief, a programme aired on Channels Television.
He was speaking against the backdrop of the ongoing crisis rocking the PDP.
“Well, the new INEC chairman told Nigerians that he is a man of impeccable character and disposition. This is the time to show that he is a man of impeccable, not impeachable character.
“I hope he is not carrying the baggage of the former chairman politically or administratively in INEC. The INEC that we knew in the times of Yakubu Mahmoud, I hope the tradition is not continuing.
“First and foremost, let’s be clear about it, I am not a member of the PDP, but then you look at the issues dispassionately, you look at the issues holistically, and you look at the laws.
“The idea of saying that there is even a faction in the PDP is a scheme. It is a scam. It is a strategy by the ruling APC-led government to make sure that they eliminate opposition,” he said.
