‘Lifeless political carcass’ — Lagos APC mocks PDP over wave of defections

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos says those still in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are “undertakers” waiting to bury the opposition party following the recent wave of defections it is experiencing.

In a statement on Saturday, Seye Oladejo, spokesperson of the APC in Lagos, said the opposition party should stop pretending that the wave of defections had not weakened its already “fractured and lifeless” structure.

“The PDP’s claim that defections cannot shake it is laughable and exposes its state of denial, delusion, and chronic self-deception,” Oladejo said.

“What is happening to the PDP today is not just political migration but the inevitable collapse of a party built on deceit, betrayal, and lack of ideology.”

He added that the exodus is proof that even “long-time members had lost faith in a party that failed to reform itself or provide Nigerians with a credible alternative”.

“When a house is built on quicksand, it doesn’t take much for it to collapse,” he said.

“The few remaining members of the PDP are perhaps the undertakers—staying behind only to perform the final rites and bury what’s left of a once-dominant but now lifeless political carcass.”

Oladejo said the APC is not surprised by the defections, noting that the opposition party had long survived on “propaganda and empty rhetoric”.

He also accused the PDP of mismanaging Nigeria for 16 years before being replaced by the APC.

“The PDP cannot suddenly reinvent itself as a credible opposition when it remains a cesspool of confusion and leadership vacuum,” he said.

He said the defection of key figures to the APC reflected growing public confidence in President Bola Tinubu’s renewed hope agenda.

“It will serve the PDP’s best interest to learn to walk alone on the dark, bumpy road to 2027,” he said.

“The party is obviously over for what was once the ‘largest party in Africa’. The sooner it accepts that reality, the less humiliating its final exit will be.”

Oladejo advised the PDP to conduct “an honest post-mortem” of its failures and accept that its relevance in Nigerian politics had drastically diminished.

“The opposition cannot claim to be unshaken when its members are fleeing in droves to a party that represents progress, stability, and genuine leadership,” he said.

“For the APC, these defections are not just political victories — they are endorsements of our commitment to national renewal and people-centred governance.

“The Nigerian people are speaking loudly, and the message is clear: the era of deceitful opposition politics is over.”

The main opposition party has, since the end of the 2023 elections, suffered a wave of defections into the APC, including Ifeanyi Okowa, PDP’s vice-presidential candidate, governors and members of the national assembly.