Nigeria’s ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has described one of the country’s main opposition political parties, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as an expired political party.

“The PDP has done a fantastic job of stripping itself bare of purpose and prestige and needs no help from anyone, certainly not in the caliber of the President of the Senate and Chairman of the National Assembly. The PDP offered no iota of information to substantiate its madcap allegation. To be clear, the President of the Senate has no involvement in any smear campaign or in instigating the country’s anti-graft agencies against Udom Emmanuel,” the statement read.

The APC also says that the PDP has claimed it was privy to “a well-oiled scheme” by the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, to “compromise a section of the media to engage in smear campaigns through the circulation of falsehoods and misrepresentations against former governor of Akwa Ibom State, Udom Emmanuel,” as part of efforts to “discredit the PDP.”

“The PDP and Udom Emmanuel must know that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) are agencies with wide statutory powers to investigate and prosecute cases of corruption in our country. If Udom has been invited by the agencies, he should quietly go and answer to the allegations. It is not, and should not become, an occasion for PDP to cast lots or go berserk about imagined political foes they allege may be behind the allegations,” it continued.

“Public officials from across political parties and the private sector have faced scrutiny by anti-graft agencies. Udom’s case cannot and must not be an exception. The former Governor should only be concerned about answering the allegations and clearing his name,” the statement added.

The ruling party also says “You would think that decrepit PDP would keep itself usefully occupied in search of therapy for its self-inflicted paralysis, and finding a courageous Volunteer Aspirant to fly its tattered flag in the November 2025, governorship election in Anambra State. The PDP and Udom should leave the President of the Senate out of their hot mess. Senator Akpabio remains laser-focused on weaving a strong legislative pillar of support for the bold and transformative reform agenda of our determined President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.”