Former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Abdullahi Ganduje, on Wednesday, described the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, as a defunct political party.
Ganduje made the comment whereas describing a former PDP presidential operating mate and ex-governor of Delta State, Ifeanyi Okowa, as his brother.
The former governor of Kano State spoke throughout the Forum of Former Deputy Governors of Nigeria Annual Conference in Abuja.
Ganduje mentioned, “My big brother, the former governor of Delta State and a former vice presidential candidate of the defunct party, PDP.”
He additionally insisted that the British colonial masters gave Nigeria independence in alternate for uncooked supplies.
Ganduje claimed that uncooked supplies from Nigeria had been utilized by colonial masters for industrial improvement of their nation.
The former governor additionally harped on the necessity for Nigerians to like their nation.
He added: “On the issue of nation building, we have to believe in our nation, do we actually believe in our nation Nigeria? Do we actually believe that our diversity is an asset and not a liability? The way we are moving our diversity is becoming a liability.
“The colonial masters once they got here to Nigeria via missionary and different routes, they discovered us and our outdated system of governance.
“And in order to promote protection in their own country, they decided to put us together so that we can work and produce raw materials for their own industrial development, that was their primary objective and not an objective that we should come together and become a stronger country.
“We have to thank our First Republic politicians who developed a sense of nationalism to be able to get independence, kind political events, they usually succeeded in getting our independence.
“We are so lucky that we didn’t carry arms like other nations to get independence.”
