— By Lagos Panorama Political Desk
The Lagos State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has taken a swipe at Labour Party leader and former presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi, over his recent comment that “nobody can capture the South-East with defections.”
In a strongly worded statement issued by the party’s spokesperson, Mogaji Seye Oladejo, the APC described Obi’s remarks as “long on drama but short on logic,” accusing him of attempting to remain politically relevant in a Nigeria that has, according to the party, “moved on from empty populism.”
“It is rather amusing,” the statement read, “that the same Peter Obi — the undisputed master defector in Nigerian politics — now pretends to have the moral right to lecture anyone about political loyalty.”
The APC noted that Obi, who has moved from the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and later to the Labour Party, cannot claim consistency. According to the statement, “credible whispers within his shrinking camp” suggest that he is already exploring another political platform ahead of the 2027 elections.
“Suddenly, the serial defector is suffering selective amnesia when discussing others’ political moves. His entire career has been built on defection, opportunism, and expediency. If there were a trophy for political cross-carpeting, Obi would be its undisputed winner,” Oladejo added.
The party dismissed Obi’s claims about attempts to “capture” the South-East, insisting that the region is “voluntarily aligning with the national mainstream” as Nigerians increasingly reject “emotional blackmail, divisive rhetoric, and politics of victimhood.”
According to the APC, the South-East deserves genuine inclusion, infrastructure, and investment — not “empty crusades and sentimental activism.”
The statement further emphasized that political power “is not served à la carte” but earned through structure, consistency, and the capacity to build bridges across Nigeria — qualities it said Obi lacks.
“His politics of isolation and sanctimony may once have thrilled social media,” Oladejo said, “but the Nigeria of today demands substance, not sympathy. The South-East is not his fiefdom, and divisive or religious politics no longer have a place in a country now embracing unity and progress under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda.”
Concluding, the Lagos APC declared that Obi now stands “politically stranded — abandoned by allies, weakened by reality, and walking alone in a wilderness of his own making,” adding that “the earlier he faces that truth, the better for what remains of his political relevance.”
— Lagos Panorama | October 16, 2025
