The Peoples Democratic Party has criticised the National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, Felix Morka, over his claim that the PDP is no longer a functioning political party.
The opposition party described the remark as unfortunate and said it reflected what it called “delusional propaganda” from the ruling party.
Morka had made the comment during an appearance on a Monday edition of The Morning Show, where he argued that the PDP could no longer operate effectively due to internal divisions and its inability to offer a credible political platform for its members.
He also maintained that recent defections to the APC should be interpreted as growing support for the ruling party, rather than evidence that Nigeria was moving toward a one-party system.
Reacting in a statement issued on Monday, March 16, the PDP’s National Publicity Secretary, Ini Ememobong, rejected the claim and accused the APC of orchestrating defections while Nigerians continue to reject the party.
“We have read a statement credited to the National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, Felix Morka, claiming that the Peoples Democratic Party is no longer a political party because of the defection of some political office holders, a strategy curated and executed by the All Progressives Congress itself,” Ememobong said.
“This statement is most unfortunate and a clear indication that Morka and his cohorts are clearly delusional.”
The PDP spokesman further argued that despite the defections, Nigerians were increasingly dissatisfied with the policies of the administration of Bola Tinubu.
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“Interestingly, reality shows that despite the large-scale defections secured by force and inducement by the APC, Nigerians have consistently rejected the ruling party, which is daily ruining Nigeria and Nigerians,” Ememobong stated.
“This is evident in the struggle their party has had with membership registration, where in many states, governors have copied the database of state empowerment programmes to populate their state registers.
“The recent disruption of the City Boys event in Owerri is a foreshadowing of what awaits them all over the country.”
He also criticised Morka’s defence of the APC government.
“For Morka, who is struggling to become a modern-day Joseph Goebbels, he should remember that delusional propaganda does not just destroy a nation but ultimately consumes its proponents, as it did in Nazi Germany under Adolf Hitler,” Ememobong said.
“His defence of the political genocide of Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s APC-led Federal Government is akin to Goebbels’ defence of Hitler’s pogroms and concentration camps.”
Ememobong added that those defending the current administration would eventually be judged by history.
“We can assure Morka and his ilk in the ruining APC government that when the history of this period is written, and the mortal threat to democracy is documented, his name will be boldly written in the pages of infamy as one of those who actively defended the Tinubu maladministration.”