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…says ‘we’ll keep putting sand in their garri’

A senior figure in the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Hon. Farouk Adamu Aliyu, has stirred political waters with a bold ission that the party is actively working to destabilise opposition ranks ahead of the 2027 general elections.

In a forthright interview on Africa Independent Television (AIT) on Monday, the former House of Representatives Minority Leader and APC stalwart confirmed what has long been asserted: that the APC has been “putting sand in the garri” of its opponents, a Nigerian idiom meaning to sabotage someone’s efforts.

“To some extent, yes, we are. Yes, we are. Of course. We will not sit by and allow them to dethrone us,” Aliyu said. “We will keep putting sand inside their garri. If they are able to take the sand, they can come and fight us. But as of now, honestly, there is no viable opposition in the country that can defeat us.”

Aliyu’s comments come at a time when Nigeria’s major opposition parties—the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Labour Party (LP)—are engulfed in serious internal crises, some of which have been attributed to infiltration by external forces.

The PDP, Nigeria’s former ruling party, has been grappling with a deepening crisis since the aftermath of the 2023 general elections, where the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, lost to President Bola Tinubu

A major source of the party’s disarray is widely believed to be its internal conflict, fuelled by the activities of former Rivers State Governor and current Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike.

Wike, who is officially part of the APC-led government but has refused to renounce his PDP hip, has been accused of orchestrating a factional takeover of the party’s structures, especially in Rivers State. His allies currently control the PDP at both state and national levels in some areas, creating parallel structures and weakening the opposition’s cohesion.

Analysts argue that Wike’s dual loyalty is a tactical move by the ruling APC to keep the PDP divided.

His for the APC government, including frequent praise of President Tinubu, has been interpreted as a Trojan horse strategy that has left the PDP fractured and unable to mount a coherent opposition.

The Labour Party, which gained significant national traction during the 2023 elections through its candidate Peter Obi, is also battling its own internal demons.

The party has been entangled in a leadership tussle between the Julius Abure-led executive and other factions claiming legitimacy.

Recently, court orders and counter-court orders have left the party in disarray, with accusations flying about infiltration and external interference.

Many ers of the party have blamed the APC for funding internal dissent and using political operatives to create chaos in order to neutralise the LP’s growing influence among young and urban voters.

Farouk Adamu Aliyu’s comments now lend credence to those suspicions.

https://tribuneonlineng.com/were-behind-crises-in-opposition-parties-apc-chieftain/?fbclid=IwY2xjawJrC6dleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHvK3qhRvVvF_ltuiAhgIOMBx_K81-EFIgyAAopGrXpOqAHfSPuLWLfD53OsM_aem_JhLbPqJky4lJQUvGl_tOiQ

Lol

The opposition parties are not even making things difficult for themselves. Their self destructive nature is just too glaring

This is a brilliant strategy.

If you have an opponent and you can sabotage their efforts, why not do it? I love Wike too much to wish he would leave the PDP but he has been a great gift to the APC and Nigerians at large.

Putting sand in their garri is a valid strategy.

Wisdome demands that some things are better not said in the public for the interest of the statesmanship

Obviously...

VnAhunnaPl:
Putting sand in their garri is a valid strategy.

PDP did the same for 8 years, which is why we are where we today.

As such such politics is anti Humanity

Don't be silly. Sometimes learn how to keep your mouth shut.

The truth is that, the oppositions are yet to recover from the shock of losing the last election.

They have been in a coma for months now

Tell us what we don't know already.

Hehehe.

We all know you guys are responsible .

Instead of focusing on developing solutions to the county’s problems, they’re spending their energy on causing conflict in opposition parties

All of una na the same abeg

Jesus Christ the only way truth and the life.

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Before nko, na them dey LEARN in HARD WAYS.... nzogbu politics, them think Politics na part of Religion no good moral Ethics

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This guy is a fool and should be chased away from the party. Who boldly says their political strategy? This guy should be selling Akara and gossiping in the market not being a chieftain in any party.

That's what they are known for. Never interested in development except causing chaos.

Follow those who sabi political road

Opposition's mind no go rest

This is like telling someone that Buhari is a vegetable.

Something that is visible to the blind and audible to the deaf.

2mch:
This guy is a fool and should be chased away from the party. Who boldly says their political strategy? This guy should be selling Akara and gossiping in the market not being a chieftain in any party.

No reasonable individual in the party before.

Imagine

Okay.

Oya, give us list of people wen una put for there, make we begin comot them.

But, I dey reason some kind Power wen go make you dey control all the opposition again you.

@Racoon Abeg come and sponsor my Canadian Japa things.

Salewa97:
This is a brilliant strategy.

If you have an opponent and you can sabotage their efforts, why not do it? I love Wike too much to wish he would leave the PDP but he has been a great gift to the APC and Nigerians at large.

Indeed Wike and APC are great gifts of poverty, insecurity, inflation, unemployment etc to Nigerians at large.

Did you get your own daily bread palliative from APC today in lieu of jobs to earn a living in dignity

Glimpsetv:
A large crowd of Lagosians was filmed in a long queue struggling to collect a loaf of bread. To maintain order, several military personnel were on the ground to control the crowd. This has triggered a lot of reactions online.

Watch the video, share your thoughts in the comments.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYltMapDyIo?si=0-hO0Vt5C9uBxVd1

I knew it....tinubu and APC using wike to destablize and destroy PDP and Abure to destablize and destroy labour party.
It's a pity

Florentinno:
All of una na the same abeg

If they are all the same why then was there prosperity under PDP's 16 years, and especially under Jonathan

thisweekng:
The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy Chief Olawale Edun has said the last time Nigeria’s economy looked stable was about a decade ago.

He made this statement during his maiden press conference as Minister of Finance where he outlined President Bola Tinubu’s vision, agenda and strategy for the economy.

He said, “I think as we all know, we are not where we should be. The economy is barely growing above the rate of population growth.

“But it was not always so, and I think in trying to look at the way forward, if we now have a situation of slow growth, double-digit inflation, weak/depreciating exchange rate, as well as security concerns that are resulting in an economy that is not growing and not taking Nigerians out of poverty.

“If we think back to the last time when the economy was stable- when it was growing, when inflation was low, and the interest rate was affordable, that period was about a decade ago. Growth was about 6% in 2013 and 2014.”
Private sector to drive the economy

https://thisweekng.com/the-last-time-nigerias-economy-was-stable-was-about-a-decade-ago-wale-edun/

Esu laaalu ogiri oko

What you are doing is playing dirty with state funds.

Noted.

theophorus:
Okay.

Oya, give us list of people wen una put for there, make we begin comot them.

But, I dey reason some kind Power wen go make you dey control all the opposition again you.

@Racoon Abeg come and sponsor my Canadian Japa things.

Bro, na you dey ask this question? You know them nah!

Kayode Fayemi, Rauf Aregbesola in SDP

Lamidi Apapa and co in Labor Party

The list is inexhaustible in PDP, including Wike.