‘Some Forces Converted APC Into A Structure Not In Best Interest Of Nigeria’ – Ex-minister, Ikimi

Former Foreign Affairs Minister Tom Ikimi, a founding member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has said that after the party was created, some forces took control of it and changed it into a structure that was not beneficial to the nation.
According to reports, Ikimi, a national leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), said this during a meeting of stakeholders in Benin City, Edo State, on Thursday, April 24, 2025.
“The APC was expected to serve as an alternative to the former ruling PDP at the time of its formation,” he said, adding that the goal was to recreate the two-party system that is in place in the United States and Britain.

Ikimi asserts that the APC is currently in a desperate attempt to eliminate the opposition party and establish a one-party dictatorship.
According to his judgment, the APC was taken over by some elements and changed into a structure that was not optimal for our country, he stated. All of us have seen their operations thus far, as well as the catastrophe we are currently experiencing.

“The APC is now a group of individuals with only selfish interests.

Even with the serious challenges our nation is currently facing under the APC, it appears that all that is being offered to us are frantic attempts to dismantle the PDP in order to turn the nation into a one-party dictatorship. I am convinced that the PDP’s survival is the only viable path ahead for our nation at this time.

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Ikimi spoke on the party’s current problem and bemoaned the way that individual goals were undermining the PDP’s power and unity in the South-South.

He said the fierce attack was the reason Delta State PDP members defected to the APC.

“This stakeholders meeting is really important,” he continued. It makes it very evident to the nation that Edo State’s PDP is robust and active. Lately, the South South Region has been under heavy APC onslaught.

According to news reports, our Delta State Governor defected to the APC, and his predecessor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, also defected to the APC. I am aware of the steps we took in the PDP to award our party’s ticket to Governor Sheriff Oborevwori and to provide the vice presidential ticket to his predecessor.

“At this point, all I can say is that it is really too early to feel too sorry for yourself. It would be accurate to state that Delta residents have not yet spoken up in remembrance of the PDP’s crushing defeat in 2023 to Senator Peter Obi of the Labour Party, who was running without a governor at the time.