The once-mighty Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is fast becoming a shadow of itself. The recent suspension and political isolation of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, the only female PDP senator, has once again exposed the rot, hypocrisy, and self-centeredness deeply rooted in the party’s leadership.
How can a party that prides itself on being the voice of the people remain silent while its only female senator is unjustly suspended? Where are the so-called founding fathers and heavyweight members — the likes of Former Senate President Bukola Saraki, Senator Abdul Ningi, Abba Moro, and others who constantly parade themselves as defenders of democracy?
Where is the party leadership? Where is Iyorchia Ayu’s successor, Iliya Damagum? Why is there no official statement? No press release? Not even a word of solidarity? If the injustice faced by Senator Natasha doesn’t shake the PDP leadership to act, then what exactly do they stand for?
Senator Natasha is a political orphan — abandoned by the very platform she helped revive in Kogi State. Despite her courage, resilience, and bold representation, her party has left her to fight alone. If this is how the PDP treats one of its shining lights, what hope is there for the ordinary member?
This silence is not just betrayal. It is complicity.
The truth is clear: PDP today is nothing more than an assembly of self-serving political merchants. They gather under the name of a legacy they no longer represent — driven by personal ambitions, not by justice, equity, or progress.
If Senator Natasha were from another party — say the APC or LP — her ordeal would have triggered outrage, mobilization, and action. But in the PDP, her pain is met with silence, and her loyalty with betrayal.
As Nigerians watch, let this be a lesson: a party that cannot defend its own is a party that cannot defend the people.
Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan may be standing alone, but she stands tall. History will remember her courage. And history will also remember the PDP — not for its past glories, but for how it failed one of its best.
– Comrade Adabara A. Adabara writes from Okene.
