Nigeria, May 13 -- Why is the PDP lamenting a one-party system when it seems to be the chief architect of its own decline? The recent tide of defections from the Peoples Democratic Party to the ruling APC and the Social Democratic Party isn't mere political coincidence-it's the direct result of internal contradictions the PDP has failed to confront. The party that once held Nigeria's political machinery with confident dominance now stumbles, not because of external sabotage, but from self-inflicted wounds and a chronic identity crisis.

Once upon a time, the PDP was a symbol of resilience. Today, it watches helplessly as its members embrace new political homes with the same desperation as a jilted lover clinging to the memory of past glor...