AKINWALE ABOLUWADE
Former Kogi West Senator, Dino Melaye, has declared the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) “dead and buried,” alleging that the opposition party is now under the firm grip of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
Speaking in an interview on Arise Television, Melaye dismissed any possibility of the PDP’s revival, insisting that the party no longer functions independently.
“Apart from our Lord Jesus Christ, no dead can rise again. PDP is dead and buried. The part was sold and I’m not even sure they collected the payment receipt. What you have today is an APC-controlled PDP,” he said.
Melaye, who once contested elections on the PDP platform, accused unnamed APC agents of infiltrating and directing the affairs of the party from the presidential villa.
The former lawmaker noted that he has since left the PDP and is now a member of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), which he described as the viable alternative to unseat President Bola Tinubu and the APC in the 2027 general elections.
“I’m a proud member of the ADC, and by the grace of God, that is the party that will unseat Tinubu and send APC packing from the villa on May 29, 2027,” he declared.
>Shifting focus from PDP’s internal crisis, Melaye urged Nigerians to concentrate on pressing national challenges.
“There are critical issues bedevilling this country—hunger, malnutrition, misgovernance, and maladministration. Those are the issues we should be discussing, not a dead party,” he said.
It is a party that has been controlled from the villa. As far as we are concerned, it is APC’s agents that are running PDP,” he added.
>The former lawmaker noted that he has since left the PDP and is now a member of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), which he described as the viable alternative to unseat President Bola Tinubu and the APC in the 2027 general elections.
“I’m a proud member of the ADC, and by the grace of God, that is the party that will unseat Tinubu and send APC packing from the villa on May 29, 2027,” he declared.
Shifting focus from PDP’s internal crisis, Melaye urged Nigerians to concentrate on pressing national challenges.
“There are critical issues bedevilling this country—hunger, malnutrition, misgovernance, and maladministration. Those are the issues we should be discussing, not a dead party,” he said.
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