Nigeria, June 16 -- A former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Ghali Na'abba, has accused Nigerian governors of hijacking political party structures in their states and making it difficult for party members opposing them to aspire for any political position.

Although Nigeria has over a dozen registered parties, all of Nigeria's 36 state governors are members of one of three parties: APC, APGA and PDP, with Nigeria's ruling party, APC, having a majority of the governors and APGA only one - in Anambra State.

Mr Na'abba in an interview with BBC Hausa on Tuesday said he is currently not in any political party in Nigeria.

"I decided not to join any political party in Nigeria at the moment because of how governors have hijacked the wh...