President Muhammadu Buhari has revealed that the major opposition political parties in the country were compelled to merge in the interest of Nigeria.
Buhari said on Monday, that the former ruling party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) would have destroyed Nigeria, if the All Progressives Congress hadn’t been formed.
The President made the comments during the public presentation of a book entitled, “From Opposition to Governing Party: Nigeria’s APC Merger Story,” written by the Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu.
Buhari said the leaders of major opposition political parties realised that unless they set aside their differences and came together to salvage the nation, it would be ruined by PDP.
He said: “We realised in 2015 that unless we come together, the PDP will succeed in killing Nigeria, so we had to make sacrifices.”
“My relationship with the author is cordial. When I was placed in a protective custody, he was sending people to greet me regularly. That was how the relationship developed.”
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