Senator Dino Melaye has declared that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is “dead and buried,” alleging that the party is now under the control of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
In an interview with Arise Television, Melaye downplayed any prospects for the opposition party’s resurrection, claiming it no longer acts autonomously.
“Apart from our Lord Jesus Christ, no dead can rise again. PDP is dead and buried. The party was sold, and I’m not sure they even got the payment receipt. What you have now is an APC-controlled PDP,” he said.
Melaye, who previously ran on the PDP platform, accused anonymous APC agents of infiltrating and controlling the party’s operations from the presidential mansion.
“It is a party that has been controlled from the villa. I have said before that as far as we are concerned, it is the agents of the APC that control the PDP,” he added.
The former senator, however, declared that he is no longer a member of the PDP and has joined the African Democratic Congress, which he defined as the platform capable of defeating President Bola Tinubu’s APC government in the upcoming 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 out of the villa come May 29, 2027,” Melaye stated.
While directing the conversation away from the PDP’s internal problems, Melaye asked Nigerians to concentrate on critical national issues.
“There are critical issues bedevilling this country: hunger, malnutrition, misgovernance, and maladministration. Those are the issues I think we should discuss, not a dead party,” he said.
