Emmanuel lkpeama
The Lagos State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has dismissed the 2026 PDP National Convention as a “political obsequies” for a once-dominant party now in irreversible decline.
The event, which was boycotted by notable PDP leaders, including incumbent state governors and delegates from thirteen states was marked by confusion, desperation, and a lack of quorum,a testament to the PDP’s terminal decline,underscoring the party’s loss of grip on the nation’s political landscape.
According to the APC Spokesman,Mogaji (Hon.) Oluseye Olaniran Oladejo,he stated that the PDP’s convention was a charade that highlighted the party’s ideological emptiness, leadership rot, and inability to provide a viable alternative to the ruling APC.
“What transpired was nothing but a charade – a poorly scripted show of confusion and desperation, an embarrassment to the political class, and a new low for an erstwhile national party that once wore the toga of invincibility and gripped the nation’s political space by the jugular.Those glory days are clearly over.”
“Most telling, however, was the conspicuous boycott by notable leaders of the PDP, including incumbent state governors, whose absence spoke louder than any communiqué or resolution.”
“Their refusal to attend the non-event underscored what Nigerians have long suspected – that the PDP is terminally ill, surviving only on occasional media noise and nostalgic delusions. When a house is collapsing, even its architects flee.
“To deepen the absurdity, it is ridiculous – and profoundly revealing – that as many as delegates from thirteen states stayed away entirely from the confusion christened a national convention.”
“When a party’s own delegates choose absence over association, the diagnosis is clear: the patient is not just unwell; it is clinically unresponsive.”he said.
Mogaji Oladejo went further to state that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) also refused to monitor the event,dealing a final blow to the PDP’s credibility.
“The refusal of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to monitor the event put a final seal on the exercise in futility.”
“When the nation’s electoral umpire declines to acknowledge your convention, what remains is nothing but a political gathering stripped of legitimacy, relevance, and meaning.”he stated
He opined that rather than the party confront its deep-rooted failures – leadership rot, ideological emptiness, and years of humiliating electoral defeats – the PDP again had a valedictory service, otherwise called a convention, which provided an opportunity for the caricature of its dwindling membership to gather and formally say their nunc dimittis.
” For many, this was not a convention but a dignified farewell to a political structure that has outlived its usefulness.”
“What should have symbolised renewal instead confirmed that the party is fast approaching its political expiration date.”
“Worse still, the PDP has now become a danger to our nascent democracy – not because it is strong, but because it has failed woefully to provide the vibrant, responsible, and constructive opposition that can add value, strengthen accountability, and present Nigerians with a viable alternative.”
“A democracy without credible opposition is weakened; and the PDP, in its current comatose state, offers nothing but noise without substance.”Mogaji Oladejo submitted.
The APC stated that the PDP is terminally ill, surviving only on media noise and nostalgic delusions, and that its internal disarray has written a preface to its political obituary.
“Today’s PDP is no longer a national institution – it is a refuge for internally displaced politicians, career defectors, and political daydreamers struggling for survival. Nigerians are not confused: a party that cannot manage itself cannot offer leadership to a nation.”
“As the dust settles, one question confronts the PDP and its sympathizers:Was this truly a convention, or the formal burial of a fading political empire?”
“Whatever the answer, Nigerians have made their choice – progress under the APC, not nostalgia under a PDP drifting toward oblivion.”
The party urged Nigerians to reject the PDP and support the APC, which is consolidating reforms and delivering governance under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu
