The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Lagos State has
accused former Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi of suffering
from political selective amnesia.
It’s comment is in reaction to Obi’s remark that nobody can
capture the Southeast with defections.
Obi’s remark followed the current wave of defections from
the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the APC in the Southeast and Southsouth.
However, the spokesman of the state chapter of APC, Mogaji
Seye Oladejo, said Obi lacks the moral right to lecture anybody on defection
because he is a serial defector.
In a statement he signed, Oladejo said: “The attention of
the Lagos State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has been drawn
to the latest outburst from Mr Peter Obi, who claimed that “nobody can capture
the South-East with defections.” As usual, Obi’s statement is long on drama but
short on logic- a desperate attempt to stay politically relevant in a
fast-evolving Nigeria that has moved on from empty populism.
“It is rather amusing that the same Peter Obi – the
undisputed master defector in Nigerian politics – now pretends to have a moral
right to lecture anyone about political loyalty. This is the man who moved from
APGA to PDP, then to the Labour Party, and who, according to credible whispers
within his shrinking camp, is already in the political marketplace shopping for
yet another platform to inherit before 2027.
“Suddenly, the serial defector is suffering selective
amnesia when discussing others’ political moves.”
Oladejo reminded the former Anambra State governor that his
entire career has been built on defection, opportunism, and expediency, adding
that “If there were a trophy for political cross-carpeting, Obi would be its
unchallenged winner.”
He added: “Let it be made clear: the APC is not “capturing”
the South-East – the region is voluntarily aligning with the national
mainstream because Nigerians are done with emotional blackmail, divisive
rhetoric, and politics of victimhood. The people of the South-East deserve
inclusion, infrastructure, and investment – not empty crusades and sentimental
activism.
“Obi also needs to be reminded that power is not served à la
carte. It is earned through structure, consistency, and the ability to build
bridges across the federation – all of which he sorely lacks. His politics of
isolation and sanctimony may have once excited social media, but Nigeria of
today demands substance, not sympathy.
“He’s been told loud and clear that the South East is not
his fiefdom. Divisive and religious politics no longer have a place in a
country that is finally embracing unity and progress under the Renewed Hope
Agenda of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. That’s the new reality.
“In truth, Peter Obi now stands politically stranded –
abandoned by allies, weakened by reality, and walking alone in a wilderness of
his own making. The earlier he faces that truth, the better for what remains of
his political relevance.”
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