The national leadership of Accord Party (AP) had explained on Sunday why it had resolved not to be part of the ongoing merger of opposition parties.
The national secretary of the party, Dr Samson Isibor in Benin expressed fears over the possibility of a successful merger, adding that the presidential ambition of the key players in the merger if not handled properly may truncate their quest to defeat the ruling Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) in the 2015 presidential election.
The AP also subscribed to the decision of the party to back out of the merger on the need to strengthen the party, adding that “ Accord Party is new and untainted for the future.”
He said, “My party believes in the idea, we are going solo as far as the merger is concern. To have a viable opposition is good to checkmate the excesses of the PDP, because what we have seen since 1999 is that there is no credible opposition.
“You know that these merger leaders are already old horses, we don’t want to join them and stain our party. We will go ahead and participate in every election in the country just as we are currently doing in the forthcoming local government elections in Edo State.”