The All Progressives Congress (APC) has dismissed claims that the party is capturing South-East region of Nigeria with recent defections in the region.
The Lagos State APC Spokesman, Mr Seye Oladejo, who made this remark in a statement on Thursday, said that the region was voluntarily realigning with national politics with the defections.
Oladejo was reacting to Mr Peter Obi, the 2023 Labour Party President Candidate’s claim that “nobody can capture the South-East with defections.”
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports some opposition party governors and federal lawmakers,especially from the South, have recently dumped their parties for the ruling APC.
NAN recalls that Gov. Peter Mbah of Enugu State on Tuesday dumped PDP for APC with his cabinet members and all the members of the state House of Assembly.
Reacting, the APC spokesman said that Obi did not have moral rights to lecture anyone about political loyalty, having also defected from the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) to Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and then LP.
According to him, Obi is already in the political marketplace shopping for yet another platform to ahead of the 2027 elections.
“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, and divisive politics
“The people of the South-East deserve inclusion, infrastructure, and investment – not empty crusades and sentimental activism.
“Politicians must 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,” Oladejo said.
He said that the recent defections of key political figures in the South East to APC had shown that the region was not in the pocket of any politician.
“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 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,” he said
