{"id":178015,"date":"2025-09-09T07:45:34","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T06:45:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/pdp-controlled-by-apc-agents-from-presidential-villa"},"modified":"2025-09-09T09:21:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T08:21:14","slug":"pdp-controlled-by-apc-agents-from-presidential-villa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/pdp-controlled-by-apc-agents-from-presidential-villa","title":{"rendered":"PDP Controlled by APC Agents from Presidential Villa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Former Kogi West lawmaker, Senator Dino Melaye, has described the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, as dead and buried.<\/p>\n<p>Melaye disclosed that APC agents from the Presidential Villa are controlling the PDP.<\/p>\n<p>The key member of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, disclosed this while featuring on Arise Television\u2019s Prime Time on Monday night.<\/p>\n<p>According to Melaye: \u201cApart from our Lord Jesus Christ no dead can rise again and I want to tell you that whatever you are seeing is make-shift, the dead is dead, we can only advertise the obituary.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDead and buried, PDP was sold and I\u2019m not sure if they got the receipt of payment but it was sold and what you have now is APC controlled PDP.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a party that is being controlled from the Villa, it\u2019s the agents of the APC that controls the PDP.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reacting to Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State\u2019s remark regarding the party, Melaye said: \u201cIf a sitting governor is saying let\u2019s have a party first, it means that there is no party.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m a proud member of the ADC and that is the party that will unseat Tinubu and by the grace of God send Tinubu out of the Villa, come may 29, 2027.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Former Kogi West lawmaker, Senator Dino Melaye, has described the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, as dead and buried. Melaye disclosed that APC agents from the Presidential Villa are controlling the PDP. The key member of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, disclosed this while featuring on Arise Television\u2019s Prime Time on Monday night. 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