The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has dismissed claims by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that it has the “structure and strength” to unseat the ruling party in the 2027 general elections.
Reacting to a statement credited to the PDP spokesperson, the Lagos APC said the opposition party was engaging in “political daydreaming” and had lost touch with Nigeria’s political reality.
In a statement on Thursday signed by its spokesperson, Hon. Seye Oladejo, the APC described the PDP as “disjointed, crisis-ridden and fragmented,” adding that the party had failed to recover from its 2015 electoral defeat.
Oladejo accused the PDP of presiding over 16 years of “corruption, impunity, and squandered national opportunities” before being voted out of power, stressing that Nigerians had not forgotten the party’s legacy of “economic” vulnerability and institutional frailty.
“The PDP’s claim of possessing the structure and strength to defeat the APC is both laughable and detached from the current political reality in Nigeria. What structure is the PDP referring to — the same disjointed, crisis-ridden, and fragmented formation that has failed to present a united front since 2015? Or the same “strength” that has led to serial losses at the polls, mass defections of key figures, and internal implosions across states?
“It is clear that the PDP is yet to recover from the political rejection it suffered over the past decade — a rejection rooted in its legacy of corruption, impunity, and squandered national opportunities. Nigerians have not forgotten the 16 years of PDP misrule that left our nation economically vulnerable, infrastructurally backward, and institutionally weakened,” Oladejo said.
He added that the APC remained “the most formidable political movement in Nigeria today, pointing to President Bola Tinubu administration’s achievements in economic reform, infrastructure, digital transformation and national security.
“The 2023 elections reaffirmed APC’s national spread and deep grassroots connection. The same Nigerians who gave us their mandate then are witnesses to the significant strides being made by the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led administration — particularly in economic reform, infrastructural renewal, digital transformation, and national security.
“While the PDP continues to operate in the echo chambers of political nostalgia, the APC is busy rebuilding Nigeria and expanding its reach. If the PDP believes its press statements and internal wishful thinking can substitute for credible leadership, national cohesion, and visionary planning, then it clearly hasn’t learned anything from its past electoral humiliations,” Oladejo stated.
The Lagos APC urged the PDP to focus on resolving its internal crises instead of issuing statements about 2027.
