The Lagos State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has launched a blistering response to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), accusing the opposition of intellectual laziness, desperation, and wishing insecurity upon Nigeria for political relevance.<\/p>\n
The PDP had earlier alleged that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu had \u201csurrendered\u201d to terrorists following temporary school closures in some parts of the country. But the Lagos APC described the claim as \u201cmindless, illogical and proof of an opposition drowning in frustration.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n According to the party\u2019s spokesperson, <\/span>Mogaji (Hon.) Seye Oladejo<\/span>, only a \u201cfrustrated, irrelevant and idea-bankrupt\u201d political party would interpret strategic security measures as capitulation.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cPDP is simply angry that Nigeria is not burning the way it desperately hoped for,\u201d the statement read.<\/span><\/p>\n The APC said nothing exposed the PDP\u2019s hypocrisy more than the intelligence-led rescue of the <\/span>Eruku 38<\/span>, asserting that the successful operation shattered the opposition\u2019s \u201ccollapsed Armageddon prophecy.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n The party added that the ongoing progress toward rescuing remaining captives shows leadership and competence \u2014 qualities it said were missing during the PDP\u2019s 16 years \u201cof excuses and tears.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cNow that insecurity is being dismantled, the PDP must manufacture a new tragedy to stay relevant,\u201d Oladejo said.<\/span><\/p>\n The APC also berated the PDP for describing President Tinubu\u2019s cancelled foreign trip, taken to personally oversee rescue operations, as \u201ctokenism.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cOnly a party that treated governance like beer-parlour gossip would trivialise such an act of responsibility,\u201d the statement added.<\/span><\/p>\n The Lagos APC further reminded Nigerians of the PDP\u2019s legacy on insecurity, accusing the party of allowing Boko Haram to grow into a monster, losing territories to terrorists, normalising ransom payments, and overseeing mass abductions.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cTinubu is fixing what PDP destroyed \u2014 that is the truth they cannot stomach,\u201d Oladejo stated.<\/span><\/p>\n The APC described the PDP\u2019s criticism of temporary school closures as \u201cshallow,\u201d saying the measures were intelligence-based and aimed at preventing harm.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cOnly PDP would prefer children exposed to danger just so they can hold another doom-loaded press conference,\u201d the statement said.<\/span><\/p>\n The Lagos APC asserted that as Nigeria\u2019s economy improves, hostages are rescued, and terrorist networks weaken, the PDP becomes increasingly agitated.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThe PDP thrives on tragedy. They breathe through insecurity. They survive on economic pain. But Nigeria is rising \u2014 painfully for them, joyfully for the citizens.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n The statement urged the PDP to stop politicising security matters, insisting that Tinubu remains committed to safeguarding the nation.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cNigeria will never return to the era of helplessness, surrender, and fear that the PDP proudly authored,\u201d Oladejo stated.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Lagos State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has launched a blistering response to the Peoples Democratic Party<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17090,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18635"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18635\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18636,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18635\/revisions\/18636"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}