A chieftain of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, Buba Galadima, has described the Social Democratic Party, SDP, as an extension of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC.
He cited the recent defection of some aggrieved members of the APC to the SDP for his comment.
Mr Galadima stated this while speaking during an interview on Arise Television on Tuesday.
“The SDP is a branch of the APC. It was those APC people that moved to what you now call SDP. How many people from other parties have moved to the SDP?
“That is the question the people or the media should ask. It is not out of place. You are in Lagos, this is the character of Lagos; to decimate opposition,” Mr Galadima said.
Mr Galadima also criticised opposition politicians who rejoined the APC after contesting elections, citing the case of former Lagos PDP governorship candidate Abdul-Azeez Adediran, known as Jandor.
“Look at what Jandor has done. Look at the support the people of Lagos have given Jandor. In fact, I will say that he won the election. It was taken away from him.
“But look at him, he just backpedalled and went back to the APC. How are we going to do opposition? We should do opposition of principles, even if you’re alone, you should stand on your own principles,” Mr Galadima stated.
He, however, insisted that the NNPP would not enter coalitions just to gain power.
He said: “We are a party of ideology. We are a party of principle. We don’t just go into a coalition for the sake of it because we want power at all costs.
“We are content with the platform we have. One day, we can grow this party and win the national election.”
