Rumoured opposition parties’ merger good for Nigeria’s democracy – Shehu Sani

<p>Shehu Sani, a socio-political commentator, has said rumours of opposition parties planning to merge into one mega party is good for Nigeria’s democracy.</p>, <p>He said the opposition parties appeared to have learned their lessons after defeats against the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, in the just-concluded elections.</p>, <p>The former Kaduna Central Senator stated this via his Twitter handle on Monday morning.</p>, <p>He wrote, “The speculation that the opposition are planning to unite is good for democracy; now they are studying geography after the earthquake.”</p>, <p>The APC was formed on 6 February 2013 from a merger of Nigeria’s three largest opposition parties – the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), and the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) along with a breakaway faction of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) and the new Peoples Democratic Party (nPDP).</p>