in Abuja 

Former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Kola Ologbondiyan, has described President Bola Tinubu’s remark on one-party state as strange.

Ologbondiyan spoke on a national television yesterday while fielding questions.

Tinubu had while addressing the National Assembly on Thursday, debunked claims that his administration plans to make Nigeria a one-party state.

The President, however, stated that he is happy that the opposition parties are in disarray and will not help them.

Tinubu said, “To those who ring the alarm that the APC is intent on a one-party state, I offer you a most personal promise. While your alarm may be as a result of your panic, it rings in error.”

However, reacting to the comment by the President, Ologbondiyan insisted that he never expected Tinubu to come out in public and admitted he was behind the design to bring a one-state party system to Nigeria.

“We never expected Mr. President to come to the public arena and declare that he knows nothing about the plot to bring up the one-party state,” Ologbondiyan said.

According to Ologbondiyan, “We were not expecting the President to come and say I am behind the design to bring in a one-party state. No.

“I have not seen when he spoke on the need to reform the electoral process even in that remark Mr. President said oh he has not seen any means in the INEC to say that INEC should not register any parties but those who have filed for registration have come out to say they have refused to register them.

“There was a case of a particular intent of a group of people who went for registration and they have completed all the processes and they have been told to come for their certificate, day in day out they have not been issued that certificate.

“It is also strange to me that Mr. President will come up and say oh forever and ever I will never be involved in a one-party plot but the design of the party, even members of his own cabinet have come out to ask even on Channels TV to say where will they find a party to contest on, the President doesn’t need by himself to come out and say don’t register this party.”