Dare Babalola
The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has criticized Peter Obi’s decision to join the African Democratic Congress (ADC), describing it as “convenience politics disguised as principle”.
In a statement by the spokesperson for the chapter, Seye Oladejo, on Wednesday, the party described the politician’s defection as a pattern of convenience politics masquerading as principle.
The statement added, “The Lagos State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) views the formal defection of Mr Peter Obi to the African Democratic Congress (ADC) as the long-awaited unveiling of a contraption deliberately assembled to undermine Nigeria.
“Long before this moment, even a political neophyte knew that Mr. Obi would not contest elections twice on the platform of the same political party – judging by his well-documented record of political promiscuity. His latest move merely confirms a pattern of convenience politics masquerading as principle.”
Obi, on Wednesday, officially dumped the Labour Party for the coalition-backed ADC, declaring his readiness to join forces with other Nigerians to resist electoral malpractice during the 2027 general elections.
“We are ending this year with the hope that in 2026. we will begin a rescue journey. We will resist rigging of elections by every lawful means in 2027,” the former Labour Party chieftain said while addressing supporters in Enugu State.
However, the ruling APC stated that his defection was not political evolution, but public activation of a coalition forged in grievance, sustained by falsehood and animated by an unhealthy appetite for national dislocation.
“Let us be clear: the ADC has not discovered ideology overnight. It has merely confirmed its true identity as a political scrapyard where rejected ambitions, electoral failures, and serial aspirants converge to rehearse recycled anger. This is not a coalition of ideas; it is a cartel of convenience. It is not about Nigeria; it is about power without responsibility,” the party stated.
Accusing the ADC of hypocrisy, the APC further described Mr Obi’s decision as unsurprising, saying the so-called coalition was conceived to satisfy the politician ambition of a sole beneficiary.
It explained, “Indeed, Nigerians cannot but wonder when Mr. Peter Obi will summon the courage to inform his handful of sympathizers that he has already agreed in principle to serve as a running mate to a pre-determined, perennial presidential candidate – a political factory-reset decision taken even before the coalition’s public unveiling. In this arrangement, consultation is cosmetic, participation is decorative, and ambition is centrally allocated.”
The ruling party further derided the former Labour Party chieftain for returning to the exact political ecosystem he often described as a nest of criminality and corruption having built a brand on performative moral outrage, accusing the politician of selfishness.
“More worrisome still is the tragic symbolism with which Mr Peter Obi chose to end the year – by returning to the very political ecosystem he often described as a nest of criminality and corruption. Having built a brand on performative moral outrage, he has now openly embraced the same characters and structures he once condemned with evangelical fervour. History, it appears, is repeating itself: Peter Obi, like the first Peter, continues to betray the people – not under pressure, not under duress, but out of calculated self-interest.
“Nigerians must therefore take note: a man who can so conveniently return to his vomit, without remorse or even a whimper, cannot be trusted with the destiny of a nation. Those who choose to place their hopes in such political inconsistency do so at their own peril,” the APC stated.
The party vowed to defeat the coalition in 2027, adding that Nigerians would once again rise above deception and decisively reject their nemesis.
