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WHAT IS PDP DOING RIGHT IN NIGERIA?

People's Democratic Party (PDP) has not hid its intention to make Nigeria a mono-party state. Triumph in four consecutive presidential elections since return of democracy to the West African country in 1999 suggests the party is on course to attain its goal. Should they retain Aso-Villa in 2015, the party will match a record of five wins in a row set by US democrats in 1948 when Harry Truman got re-elected into the White house. Such strong-hold on governance within a democratic state prompts one to seek what this party is doing right. A yoruba adage says:   'When a child falls he looks forward, but when an adult falls he looks back' . Therefore, let's look back and see if we can identify a consistent pattern in PDP's political structure. And where better to start than the beginning of the third republic, 1999. Chief MKO Abiola died in prison the previous year 1998. He was charged with treason in 1994 declaring himself president-elect of Nigeria's