ABUJA, Nigeria — The All Progressives Congress has sharply criticised Kabiru Turaki, the newly declared factional chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, for urging United States President Donald Trump to intervene in Nigeria’s political crisis, describing the appeal as dangerous, irresponsible and a threat to national sovereignty.
Turaki made the call on Monday, November 17, 2025, after finally gaining access to the PDP national secretariat in Abuja following a tense standoff between rival factions of the party.
Speaking to journalists, he claimed Nigeria’s democracy was under severe threat and urged foreign governments — particularly the United States — to help “save Nigeria”.
“I want to call on President Trump; what is at stake is not just genocide against Nigerian Christians,” he said.
“He should come and save democracy in Nigeria. Democracy is under threat. I’m calling on all other developed nations: come and save Nigeria, come and save democracy.”
In a statement issued late Tuesday, November 18, 2025, Felix Morka, national publicity secretary of the APC, condemned the remarks as “reckless and unpatriotic”.
He said Turaki’s comments reflected desperation and a lack of capacity to manage the internal conflict tearing through the PDP.
“For a man declared National Chairman barely 72 hours ago by a faction of his deeply fractured party, Turaki looked and sounded desperate, at his wit’s end, confused, incoherent, and grossly lacking in stamina and capacity to manage his party’s crisis,” the statement read.
Morka argued that Nigerians expected Turaki to focus on reconciling warring factions of his party, not appealing for foreign intervention.
“Instead, Turaki’s first official act as factional chairman was his call for foreign invasion of Nigeria as a solution to the self-inflicted internal crisis of his PDP. That is as shameless as it is a dangerous threat to national security and sovereignty,” he said.
The APC spokesperson added that in the PDP’s 16 years in power, no leader resorted to seeking external intervention for domestic disputes.
He said Turaki’s remarks amounted to an admission that the opposition party was incapable of resolving its own contradictions.
“It must be taken as a final certification of the PDP’s demise,” he said.
He urged the international community to disregard the call, describing it as a diversion from what he said was the PDP’s failure to conduct itself with internal discipline.
Morka also accused the opposition of descending into desperation.
“The PDP and other opposition leaders are now willing to invite foreign interference to serve a sinister political agenda,” he said.
