{"id":239182,"date":"2026-01-12T20:07:34","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T20:07:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/2027-apc-has-infiltrated-every-political-party-pdp\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T20:07:34","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T20:07:34","slug":"2027-apc-has-infiltrated-every-political-party-pdp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/2027-apc-has-infiltrated-every-political-party-pdp\/","title":{"rendered":"2027: \u2018APC Has Infiltrated Every Political Party\u2019 \u2013 PDP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"mvp-content-main\">\n<p>The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused the <strong>All Progressives Congress<\/strong> (APC) of suppressing free speech and of strategically targeting the opposition party.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Abia Radio News<\/strong> reports that PDP made this known while reacting to concerns raised by Amnesty International over what it described as a growingly repressive climate for dissent in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with Vanguard, the PDP\u2019s National Publicity Secretary, Ini Ememobong, commended Amnesty International for helping validate long-standing concerns repeatedly raised by the opposition but often dismissed as partisan rhetoric.<\/p>\n<p>Ememobong alleged that the APC has infiltrated all political parties and aims to ensure that <strong>President Bola Tinubu<\/strong> contests unopposed in the 2027 election.<\/p>\n<p>He said, \u201c<em>It\u2019s actually a good thing that Amnesty International is saying it. When we raise these issues, we\u2019re told it\u2019s just a political position. This administration does not accommodate any form of dissent.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThey see dissent as opposition. They don\u2019t see it as contribution. That\u2019s why you see them trying to coerce everyone into their party. And if you refuse, you\u2019re subjected to all sorts of threats and intimidation. So yes, it is absolutely true. Everyone can see it.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThe APC can deny it as much as they want, but the suppression of free speech and the strategic targeting of the opposition are clear for all to see. The whole objective is to ensure that President <a href=\"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.name.ng\/news\/tinubu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tinubu <\/a>contests unopposed. That is their ultimate desire.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThat\u2019s why I can tell you, as of today, they have infiltrated virtually every political party. Look at NNPP, where someone is saying Kwankwaso shouldn\u2019t run on that platform. Look at the Labour Party. Look even at the ADC.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cBut I can assure you that the opposition will rise. In fact, the process has already begun. There will be a rebirth. There is a rebirth. That\u2019s why the PDP itself is undergoing a rebirth.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIronically, the President himself was once a strong opposition figure, with enviable democratic credentials before assuming office. But he is losing all of that because of this presidency.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThe question he should ask himself is: What shall it profit him to lose those beautiful pre-presidential credentials and still not perform well as President? Because, frankly, he is not performing well.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cNow, the President has shown his hand. The public is no longer listening to promises; they are judging performance. And what they are seeing is widespread impoverishment of the population.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThe next election will not be APC versus APC. It will be APC versus the Nigerian people.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 2 -->\n                                                                                                            <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) of suppressing free speech and of strategically targeting the opposition party. Abia Radio News reports that PDP made this known while reacting to concerns raised by Amnesty International over what it described as a growingly repressive climate for dissent in Nigeria. In an [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":238870,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5],"tags":[2334,251],"class_list":["post-239182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-ini-ememobong","tag-pdp"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/PDP-logo.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=239182"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239182\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/238870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=239182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=239182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=239182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}