The All Progressives Congress has taken a swipe at the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, saying the mass defections from the PDP to the ruling party signal the final stages of the opposition’s political demise, with only “undertakers” left to perform its burial rites.
This was contained in a statement issued on Saturday by the Lagos State Publicity Secretary of the APC, Seye Oladejo, who described the PDP as a “fractured and declining structure” that has lost its relevance in Nigeria’s political landscape.
According to him, the continued departure of key figures from the PDP reflects a collapse of confidence in its leadership and ideology, while strengthening public trust in the APC and President Bola Tinubu’s administration.
“The few remaining members of the PDP,” Oladejo said, “are perhaps the undertakers, staying behind only to perform the final rites and bury what remains of a once-dominant but now lifeless political carcass.”
He dismissed claims by the PDP that the defections pose no threat to its survival, saying such remarks only highlight the party’s “chronic state of denial, delusion, and self-deception.”
Oladejo argued that what is happening within the PDP is not mere political migration but the natural consequence of years of internal betrayal, ideological bankruptcy, and leadership failure.
He maintained that the APC continues to attract former PDP members because of its sense of direction and the growing appeal of President Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda.
He added, “The exodus from the PDP is a validation of the APC’s people-focused governance and a collective decision by Nigerians to align with meaningful progress.”
The APC spokesperson also traced the decline of the PDP to its loss of power in 2015, which he said followed “years of economic mismanagement and policy failures.”
He warned that unless the PDP undertakes real reforms, the party faces not just irrelevance, but political extinction — both in Nigeria and across the African continent.
