A former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Gali Umar Na’Abba says President Buhari has not added any value to  democracy in Nigeria.

Fielding questions on the Osasu Igbinedion Show on Sunday, Na’Abba accused President Buhari of running a ‘one-man’ government as he does not consult with any member of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) before taking decisions.

His words: “I had the occasion to sit down with the President and tell him this is what is wrong. And he told me that things were wrong before but now, with his election, everything is right now. And I was very disappointed.

“A lot of people campaigned, supported him and elected him for one reason or the other. I decided to move back to APC from PDP to support him because from his utterances, I believed he wanted to add value to democracy.

“And this is three years into his administration, he doesn’t work with the party, he regards party members as evil, he doesn’t consult with anybody in the party and I am a member of the Board of Trustees, even though we don’t have it officially.

“The last time we had a meeting with such a board, was February 2016. Such meeting was called again in November 2017 when he decided he wanted to get re-elected and he needed us.

“He promised to reconstitute the boards. Before, he refused to do that because he thought politicians are responsible for all the evils in this country. He also promised to increase the number of ministers. In a nutshell, the President has not added value to democracy by an inch.”

While distancing himself from those endorsing the President for a second term, the former Speaker alleged that some members of the APC had hijacked the party with the sole aim of ensuring that the President emerges as the party’s presidential flag bearer in the 2019 polls.

He continued: “After I tell you that I am not going to support him or not, I want you to understand my reason. Today we have no internal democracy in the country and the quality of leadership has been failing.

“Democracy, economy and society has not grown since 1999 and this is as a result of this tendency. And I have children, grandchildren and it is only when there is democracy that every Nigerian can be able to make it in life.

“There is no way I can support him. They said they have endorsed him to contest. I am sure they did not ask the opinion of anybody since they have put the party in their pockets.”