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One-party State Dangerous For Nigeria – Ex-President Jonathan

Racheal Oloyede by Racheal Oloyede
May 8, 2025
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Ex-President Goodluck Jonathan says it is dangerous for Nigeria to slide into a one-party state.

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Jonathan issued the warning on Wednesday in Abuja while paying a tribute to the late elder statesman, Edwin Clark, at a memorial lecture and day of tribute.

DAILY POST reports that Clark, an Ijaw leader and politician, died in February at the age of 97.

According to Jonathan, any attempt to bring about a one-party state through political machinations to soothe only personal aspirations would be detrimental to the country.

The former Nigerian leader however, stated that “If we must, as a nation, adopt a one-party system, then it must be designed, planned by experts—and we must know what we are going in for.

“But if we arrive at it through the back door by political manipulations, then we are heading for crisis.”

The ex-president’s warning is coming following the alarm raised by some Nigerians that the country could be drifting into a one-party state, given the gale of defections from some opposition parties to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC.

The defections had been perceived to have further weakened the opposition, especially the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

Apart from the defections, some PDP governors, including Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State and Nurudeen Ademola Adeleke of Osun State, are reportedly supporting President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s second term bid.

Jonathan, who acknowledged that some nations had successfully practised one-party systems under unique historical and social conditions, cautioned that Nigeria’s complex ethnic, religious and political landscape demands a more inclusive and carefully designed political framework.

“Yes, one-party states—countries have managed them. Yes, a one-party state may not be evil after all, because Julius Nyerere of Tanzania used a one-party state to stabilise his country in the early days of independence. He felt that the country, just like Nigeria, had too many tribes and tongues, and two principled religions—Christianity and Islam.

“If we allow multiple parties, some may follow religious lines, others tribal, and unity will be difficult. But it was properly planned; it was not by accident,” he added.

 

 

 

 

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