Yemi Obafemi
Former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has describe the Social Democratic Party as a platform that is not under the control of any single individual, positioning it as a more democratic alternative to the APC and PDP.
El-Rufai disclosed this to journalists in Kano on Monday.
According to him, the growing influence of godfatherism and internal dysfunction within Nigeria’s two major political parties — the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) — stating that both parties have been destroyed by these anomalies.
El-Rufai recalled the formation of the APC twelve years ago through the merger of three major political parties, an effort that led to the defeat of an incumbent president. However, he lamented that the party’s objectives have since shifted, straying from its founding ideals.
His words: “These anomalies — godfatherism and internal dysfunction — have destroyed both the APC and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
“ Twelve years ago, we merged three major parties to form the APC and successfully defeated an incumbent president. But today, the objective is different.
“We have witnessed how godfatherism wrecked the PDP and is now doing the same to the APC. It is time for a truly democratic alternative, and the SDP can be that platform.”
