Unexpectedly, the G5 (integrity group), which is made up of four former governors and one current governor, has been charged with seeking to impose minority leaders in the Senate and House of Representatives.
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Atiku Abubakar, was opposed by the G5 members Nyemson Wike, Ifeanyi Ugwanyi, Seyi Makinde, Okezie Ikpeazu, and Samuel Ortom in the recently held 2023 presidential election, which Bola Tinubu won.
Shehu Sani, a human rights activist and former senator from Nigeria, expressed his concerns about the development on Twitter. He wrote, “If the opposition legislators in the National Assembly allowed the G5 to impose stooges as their minority leaders in the Senate and the House of Representatives, you will have a docile, compliant, robotic, and subservient opposition, always at the beck and call of the governing party.”
The impartiality and independence of Nigeria’s political system have come under scrutiny due to the purported imposition of minority leaders. Many people are now closely watching the issue to see how it will affect the balance of power in the National Assembly and how well the opposition can keep the ruling party accountable.
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