The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State has mocked the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), describing its remaining leaders as “undertakers waiting to bury a dying party.”
Lagos APC Publicity Secretary, Mr. Seye Oladejo, made the remark in a statement on Saturday while reacting to a new wave of defections from the PDP to the ruling party across the state.
Oladejo urged the PDP to stop dismissing what he called “a mass exodus” from its ranks, warning that the opposition was deceiving itself by pretending the defections would not weaken it.“The PDP’s claim that defections cannot weaken it is laughable and exposes the party’s chronic state of denial, delusion, and self-deception,” Oladejo said.
He added that the ongoing defections were the inevitable outcome of years of deceit, lack of ideology, and betrayal among the PDP’s own leaders.“When a house is built on quicksand, it only takes a tremor to bring it down,” he said.
The APC spokesman asserted that even loyal PDP members had lost faith in the party, which he described as “a once-dominant but now lifeless political entity.”“Those still clinging to the PDP are merely undertakers staying behind to perform the final rites and dispose of what remains of a dying party,” Oladejo added.
He accused the PDP of squandering its 16-year rule through corruption and poor governance, noting that it could not reinvent itself as a credible opposition while “mired in confusion and leadership crises.”
Oladejo said the recent defections into the APC reflected growing public confidence in President Bola Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda, which, according to him, had restored optimism in the country’s political and economic direction.“It’s time for the PDP to learn to walk alone on its long, dark road to 2027,” he stated. “The party’s glory days are gone, and the sooner it accepts that reality, the less humiliating its final exit will be.”
He advised the opposition party to conduct a post-mortem of its failures and accept that its political relevance had drastically diminished.“The defections are not just political victories for the APC; they are clear endorsements of our commitment to progress, stability, and people-centred leadership. Nigerians are speaking loudly — the era of deceitful opposition politics is over,” he concluded.