Mogaji (Hon) Seye Oladejo
The Lagos State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has noted with amusement the latest comic relief from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), dismissing the nationwide endorsements for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu ahead of 2027 as “panic mode.”
Let us educate them. Panic is when a party that once boasted of being “Africa’s largest” is now reduced to an empty kiosk, preparing for a convention as if preparing for the World War 3 due to threats within.
Panic is when your “leaders” or is it former leaders spend more time in Dubai lounges than in Nigeria. Panic is when your perennial or career Presidential candidate tore and burnt the tattered umbrella.
Panic is when your members defect at the mere whisper of internal disagreement, scampering like headless chickens.
If there’s any party on a shopping spree, it is the PDP – desperately shopping for presidential candidates as a reflection of its lack of depth, even to the extent of cajoling its political relics who ought to be enjoying their retirement from the not so glorious political past into a lost electoral contest.
Today, the only news the so-called “largest political party in Africa” looks forward to is the story of which of its governors has crossed over to the ruling party. That, unambiguously, is the true definition of panic.
President Tinubu’s endorsements are not panic but proof. Proof of reforms that are taking root, proof of courage that Nigerians admire, and proof of leadership that even PDP’s closet sympathisers quietly acknowledge.
The truth is simple: when a man is destined for the throne, even his enemies clap unwillingly.
But PDP, blinded by bitterness, prefers to shout from the sidelines. As our people say, “He who carries no load thinks the marketplace is just for strolling.”
For 16 years, PDP wasted Nigeria’s wealth and opportunities, and today, while Tinubu is bearing the heavy burden of reform, they stand idly by, throwing stones and pretending to matter.
We are not surprised. A party that cannot even conduct a congress without turning it into a boxing match should not lecture Nigerians on panic.
Their new hobby is watching APC from the sidelines like a football fan whose team didn’t even qualify for the tournament.
For avoidance of doubt, every endorsement of President Tinubu is another confirmation that 2027 is a settled matter.
PDP can only look forward to yet another humiliating defeat – the type that makes mockery of their relevance and confirms their total rejection by Nigerians.
As our elders wisely remind us, “The careless goat ends up in the sacrifice pot.” If PDP does not retrace its steps, it risks sacrificing what is left of its pitiful relevance on the altar of envy and pettiness.
For APC, the journey continues. For PDP, the panic continues. APC builds, PDP bleeds.
Mogaji (Hon) Seye Oladejo.
Lagos APC Spokesman
