The crisis-ridden Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is going into extinction and irrelevance, the Lagos State chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC) said on Sunday.
It said while the main opposition party had hoped for a rebirth at it weekend factional National Convention at Ibadan, Oyo State capital, the event paled into a political obsequies for a once-dominant party now trapped in irreversible decline.
Lagos APC Publicity Secretary, Seye Oladejo said in a statement that what transpired at the convention 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.
He said the glorious days of PDP are over, adding that the convention was boycotted by notable leaders of the PDP, including incumbent governors, whose absence spoke louder than any communiqué or resolution.
Oladejo said their refusal to attend the non-event underscored the perception that the PDP is terminally ill, surviving only on occasional media noise and nostalgic delusions.
He said, “When a house is collapsing, even its architects flee.”
Oladejo noted that many delegates from 13 states stayed away from the confusion christened a national convention.
He said, “When a party’s own delegates choose absence over association, the diagnosis is clear: the patient is not just unwell; it is clinically unresponsive.”
Oladejo added: “To compound the tragedy, 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.”
Oladejo said “his valedictory service, otherwise called a convention, merely provided an opportunity for the caricature of its dwindling membership to gather and formally say their nunc dimittis”
Oladejo insisted that “for many, this was not a convention, but a dignified farewell to a political structure that has outlived its usefulness.”
He said, “Rather than confront its deep-rooted failures, leadership rot, ideological emptiness, and years of humiliating electoral defeats, the PDP again demonstrated why Nigerians have decisively moved on.”
Oladejo said “what should have symbolised renewal instead confirmed that the party is fast approaching its political expiration date.”
He added:”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.
“As we continue the countdown to the 2027 National Elections, the events ahead promise to be interesting as this comatose, leaderless, and rudderless opposition party navigates nominations for elective positions. Without unnecessarily pre-empting the outcome, it is indeed an endgame.
“The PDP’s internal disarray has already written a preface to its political obituary – the rest is merely a matter of time.
“The Lagos APC reiterates that, while the ruling party is consolidating reforms, strengthening institutions, and delivering governance under the dynamic leadership of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the PDP is busy conducting the funeral rites of its own relevance.
“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:
