Lagos APC Mocks PDP National Convention, Describes Event As “Political Funeral”
The Lagos State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has dismissed the 2025 National Convention of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as a failed exercise, describing it as a “political funeral” for a party it claims is in irreversible decline.
In a strongly worded statement issued on Sunday by its spokesperson, Seye Oladejo, the Lagos APC said the convention—held amid controversies in Ibadan—fell far short of expectations, alleging that it exposed deeper divisions and a diminishing influence within the opposition party.
Oladejo said the event, which the PDP had promoted as a rebirth, turned out to be “a poorly scripted show of confusion and desperation,” insisting that the party’s “glory days are clearly over.”
He pointed to the absence of several influential PDP leaders, including some state governors, as evidence of internal collapse. According to him, the boycott “spoke louder than any communiqué,” revealing a party on “life support” and struggling for relevance.
The statement also criticised the reported non-attendance of delegates from 13 states, describing it as a telling indication that the PDP is “clinically unresponsive.” Oladejo added that the refusal of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to monitor the convention “put a final seal on the exercise in futility.”
He characterised the gathering as a “valedictory service” for what he called a dwindling political structure, accusing the PDP of failing to address what he termed “deep-rooted leadership rot, ideological emptiness, and years of humiliating electoral defeats.”
The APC further argued that the PDP has become a threat to Nigeria’s democracy—not because of its strength, but due to what it described as its inability to provide credible and constructive opposition. “A democracy without vibrant opposition is weakened,” the statement read.
Looking ahead to the 2027 general elections, Oladejo predicted more internal crises for the PDP during its nomination processes, saying the party is “leaderless, rudderless, and already writing its political obituary.”
He contrasted this with the APC’s performance under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, claiming the ruling party is consolidating reforms and strengthening institutions while the PDP “conducts the funeral rites of its own relevance.”
Describing the opposition party as “a refuge for internally displaced politicians and career defectors,” the Lagos APC concluded by questioning whether the Ibadan gathering was a convention or “the formal burial of a fading political empire.”
“Nigerians have made their choice—progress under the APC, not nostalgia under a PDP drifting toward oblivion,” the statement added.
