Nigeria, April 23 -- The political earthquake that rattled Delta State on Wednesday, April 23, 2025, marked by the mass defection of Governor Sheriff Oborevwori, his predecessor Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, and virtually the entire state leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC), is more than a regional political drama. It is an indictment on the PDP, a loud and clear signal that the once-dominant party is on a steep and possibly irreversible decline as 2027 approaches. The question now confronting political watchers, party loyalists, and the electorate alike is simple yet profound: whither PDP?

For a party that held sway at the federal level for sixteen uninterrupted years and controlled the political...