The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State has ridiculed the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), describing those still loyal to it as “undertakers waiting to bury a dying party.”
Reacting to a new wave of defections from the PDP, APC Lagos Publicity Secretary, Seye Oladejo, said in a statement on Saturday that the opposition party’s attempt to dismiss the defections as inconsequential was “laughable and delusional.”
According to Oladejo, the mass exit of PDP members reflects the inevitable collapse of a party that, in his words, “has long lost its ideological compass and moral authority.”
“The PDP’s claim that defections cannot weaken it is laughable and exposes the party’s chronic state of denial, delusion, and self-deception,” he said.
“What we are witnessing is not ordinary political migration but the natural outcome of years of deceit, lack of ideology, and betrayal among its leaders. When a house is built on quicksand, it only takes a tremor to bring it down.”
The APC spokesman argued that the continuous exodus of PDP chieftains and members is proof that even the party’s loyalists no longer believe in its ability to reform or offer credible opposition to Nigerians.
“Those still clinging to the PDP are merely undertakers, staying behind to perform the final rites and dispose of what remains of a once-dominant but now lifeless political entity,” Oladejo quipped.
He further accused the PDP of relying on propaganda and empty rhetoric while failing to deliver meaningful governance during its 16 years in power, insisting that the party cannot reinvent itself after years of internal crises and leadership failures.
Oladejo also claimed that the recent defections to the ruling party reflect renewed public confidence in President Bola Tinubu’s “Renewed Hope Agenda.”
“It’s time for the PDP to learn to walk alone on its long, dark road to 2027. The party’s glory days are gone, and the sooner it accepts that reality, the less humiliating its final exit will be,” he stated.
He urged the opposition to conduct an honest post-mortem of its failures and come to terms with the fact that its relevance in Nigeria’s political landscape has dramatically faded.
