Senate President Godswill Akpabio has criticised former Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi, accusing him of disloyalty after leveraging a major political platform in the 2023 election.
Speaking on Tuesday during the commissioning of a new Nigerian Railway Service (NRS) building, Akpabio condemned politicians who benefit from significant voter support through a party, only to abandon it later.
“Somebody will go and get up to six million votes in the last presidential election through a political party and yet abandon that party and the six million votes to start shopping for a new party that he will go and start building up,” Akpabio said.
He added, “I’m not talking about Soludo. I’m talking about somebody around his area,” in a remark widely seen as a direct reference to Obi, the former Anambra State governor.
Obi secured more than six million votes as the Labour Party’s candidate in the 2023 presidential poll. He has since aligned with the African Democratic Congress (ADC) ahead of future political engagements.
Akpabio argued that such party-hopping weakens political structures and undermines stability in the country’s democratic system.
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