The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has described the just-concluded Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Convention in Ibadan as a political funeral, insisting the opposition party is drifting toward complete irrelevance.
The statement, issued on Sunday, said the convention did not reflect renewal or unity but instead confirmed that the PDP is sinking deeper into crisis and losing its place in national politics.
APC’s Lagos Publicity Secretary, Seye Oladejo, said the event was far from the rebirth the PDP had hoped for. Instead, he argued, what unfolded looked like the final rites of a party that once boasted national dominance.
He described the convention as a poorly arranged gathering marked by confusion and desperation.
Oladejo noted that some notable PDP leaders—including serving governors—were absent from the convention, a development he said revealed the true state of the party.
According to him, the absence of these key figures was more telling than any resolution announced at the event.
The Lagos APC spoken likened the situation to a collapsing structure abandoned by its own builders, warning that a political organisation unable to attract its members to its own convention cannot claim national relevance.
He added that several delegates from 13 states also stayed away, further weakening the credibility of the exercise.
The APC spokesman also pointed to the decision of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) not to monitor the event.
He said the absence of the electoral body effectively stripped the convention of legitimacy and left it as “nothing more than a political gathering without meaning.”
Oladejo went on to describe the event as a farewell assembly of dwindling loyalists, claiming that what should have been a moment for rebuilding instead became a confirmation of the PDP’s “political expiration date.”
He argued that Nigerians have already moved on due to the PDP’s internal failures, ideological vacuum, and recurring electoral losses.
He maintained that the PDP’s inability to provide strong and responsible opposition poses a challenge to the country’s democracy.
A weakened opposition, he said, offers no accountability and no real alternative for citizens seeking leadership.
As preparations ahead of the 2027 elections begin to take shape, Oladejo insisted that the PDP is not in a position to compete, describing it as leaderless, fractured, and trapped in a cycle of internal battles.
He said the crisis rocking the party has already “written the preface to its political obituary.”
He contrasted this with what he called the APC’s ongoing reforms and governance efforts under President Bola Tinubu, stressing that Nigerians are choosing continuity and progress over what he described as the PDP’s descent into disorder.
Oladejo concluded by questioning whether what took place in Ibadan was truly a convention or “the formal burial of a fading political empire,” adding that the public has already made its choice.