We're being proved right, virtually all our predictions about implosion in the ruling APC party have come true. The leadership is the reason for this avoidable crisis. In a heterogeneous society like Nigeria, diversity matters. No individual has monopoly of wisdom. Seeking to exclude others often leads to crisis.
Suddenly the party becomes a movement dedicated to imposing its fanatical ideology on its own society at all costs not minding the consequences, its not everyone that will take that. The recent national convention of the party where the party finally succumbed to President Buhari's capture was the final straw that broke the carmel's back. Naturally, those who cannot compete either resign to his take over of the party or look elsewhere to keep their political career on track.
According to the Machiavelli; the Prince resolved to depend no longer on the arms or fortune of others, his first step therefore was to weaken the factions so that only him will be in total control and ''the hopes of all vested on him alone''. The strategy is to change the existing order of things by throwing the party into confusion in order to make himself the master- crushing the Chiefs of the Republic.
Naturally the Political heavy weights wouldn't just let go easily. The Prince must be injured. "If injury has to be done to the Prince it should be so severe that his vengeance must not be feared"-Machiavelli[The Prince].
The ruling APC Political party is now in disarray and the likelihood of the leading opposition PDP party taking over control of both chambers of the National Assembly and possible election victory to form the national government come 2019 due to strong alliance with the defectors from the ruling APC party is very high. This is exactly what the scenario looks like, time will tell.
Uche Okeke .
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