Nigeria, Jan. 29 -- The safest play for Gov. Abba Yusuf has always been leaving the NNPP, the only thing that mattered was how and with whom. Under President Tinubu, we have seen a very skilful intrusion of the 3 main opposition parties with varying degrees of impairment. We all know of Nyesom Wike's 'enemy within' status in the PDP and of course Lamidi Apapa; the man who declared himself Labour Party Chairman after Julius Abure was removed by the Supreme Court and whose first act in office was ordering Peter Obi to withdraw his presidential election petition against President Tinubu's victory in the 2023 elections. The most seldom talked about of the 3 moves to weaken if not kill the opposition has been that of the NNPP.

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