The Senate Minority Leader, Abba Moro, has blamed political actors within parties, particularly the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), for the persistent internal crises, insisting that external institutions are not responsible for the instability.
Speaking during an interview on ARISE News on Thursday, Moro said the challenges confronting the PDP and other political parties are largely self-inflicted by their members, including governors, lawmakers, and party leaders.
“I want to say straight away that I think that the political actors are primarily responsible for what is going on,” he said. “Because if you look at the crisis, the apparent crisis in the political parties, it is generated and aggravated by the political actors.”
Clarifying his position, he added, “The governors, the legislators, the leaders of the party… are responsible primarily for what is going on.”
On claims of factionalisation within the PDP, Moro dismissed suggestions that the party is divided into multiple blocs.
“Well, there is only one PDP. There are no two,” he said.
The lawmaker also revisited past internal decisions, particularly the controversial Ibadan convention, which he said deepened the party’s crisis due to non-compliance with a subsisting court order.
“The appeal court said look, the convention in Ibadan was held against a subsisting court order not to hold and therefore it was null and void and the outcome was also nullified,” he stated.
According to him, disagreements among key stakeholders, including Nyesom Wike and Seyi Makinde, contributed to the tensions that made the choice of Ibadan as venue contentious.
Despite the internal wrangling, Moro maintained that the PDP remains operational, noting that a recent convention monitored by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) produced a recognised leadership.
“With the holding of the recent convention which was witnessed by INEC, which no legal authority has challenged, we have a leadership in the party,” he said.
He also dismissed claims that party members are losing confidence ahead of the 2027 elections, insisting that mobilisation efforts are ongoing.
“You say people are hesitant, I’m not hesitant… Some senators out there are not hesitant… We are together moving forward preparing for the election,” he added.
Moro, however, acknowledged that reconciliation efforts within the party have not been fully successful and criticised calls for the resignation of the INEC chairman, describing such demands as misplaced.
