The defunct Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) and Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), two of the three political parties that made up the APC, were merged into the APC, according to Ardo.
He said that when he was still a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), he helped the APC gain power.
Speaking with reporters, Ardo said, “I am the soul of APC. I conceived the idea and when I did, I convinced Buhari and after that Tinubu was brought in. When I was conceiving the idea, I had a plan on how to operate the administration.
“My idea was not simply how to get Buhari in, but also how to run the government in a form of an adviser to see that things are resolved. But the very day Buhari was declared president-elect, he stopped seeing me. APC took a life of its own after the strategic thinking I offered for its formation.
“I remained in PDP while I was doing all this and I ensured I pinned PDP down to pave the way for APC to win. I even went up to the Supreme Court in my suit challenging the eligibility of Jonathan to contest. The Supreme Court on November 2014 threw out the case. So, I did all this and what happened to me after. Buhari betrayed me. I did not do it because I wanted to get something from him, but my priority was how to get things working in the country.
“We felt that Buhari, as a former governor of Northeastern state, would have a good insight into the area and resolve the insecurity there.”
Asserting why Buhari failed to address the nation's security issues, Ardo said, "The reason is because when he became president, he took the body of APC and left the soul," adding that he entered office with the reputation as a military general with the ability to secure the nation.
