The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has criticised former Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi, accusing him of exhibiting what it described as “political selective amnesia” following his recent comments on defections to the ruling party in the South-East and South-South.
Obi had earlier dismissed the wave of political defections in the regions, insisting that “nobody can capture the South-East with defections.”
Reacting to the statement, the APC Publicity Secretary in Lagos, Seye Oladejo, described Obi’s remarks as hypocritical, arguing that the former Anambra State governor lacked the moral authority to speak on political loyalty, given his own record of switching parties multiple times.
Oladejo said, “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 a man who has moved from APGA to PDP and then to the Labour Party, and who, according to reports within his own camp, may already be seeking another platform ahead of 2027.”
He went further to describe Obi’s political career as one “built on opportunism and expediency,” adding that if there were an award for frequent party-switching, “he would be the unchallenged winner.”
Addressing Obi’s claims that the APC was trying to “capture” the South-East, Oladejo stated that the party’s growing influence in the region reflected a voluntary embrace of the federal government’s development agenda rather than political coercion.
According to him, Nigerians—particularly in the South-East—are increasingly prioritising inclusion, infrastructure, and national progress over “emotional populism and politics of victimhood.”
“Divisive and religious politics no longer have a place in a country that is finally embracing unity and progress under the Renewed Hope Agenda,” Oladejo added, asserting that Obi’s influence had diminished significantly.
He concluded that Obi now stood “politically stranded and weakened by reality,” stressing that electoral success is built on “structure, consistency, and broad-based engagement.”
