Obi won’t run on LP ticket, will soon join APC – Bwala
The Special Adviser to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Media and Policy Communications, Daniel Bwala, has claimed that the Labour Party (LP) 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, will leave the party soon. Bwala further stated that Obi would not only exit LP but also align himself with the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Speaking in […]
The Special Adviser to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Media and Policy Communications, Daniel Bwala, has claimed that the Labour Party (LP) 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, will leave the party soon.
Bwala further stated that Obi would not only exit LP but also align himself with the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
Speaking in an interview on TVC on Wednesday, Bwala argued that Obi’s defection was inevitable, citing the movement of some of his key allies to the APC.
“Peter Obi will not run under the Labour Party. For Valentine Ozigbo to join our party—Valentine Ozigbo is actually the custodian of Peter Obi—then I know for a fact that Peter Obi will join us.
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“Do you know we are emptying the Labour Party? Not because we are asking them to come. Valentine Ozigbo has joined us, Balami has joined us, and even Peter Obi will join us,” he said.
On the recent defection of former Kaduna State governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, Bwala described it as “insignificant.”
He also accused the opposition Social Democratic Party (SDP) of orchestrating regular announcements to dominate the news cycle.
“You see, after one or two weeks of this mini-dramatic activity—because the way they scheme these things is that every week, you will hear a breaking news story that ‘a gladiator has joined SDP’—so they will dominate the media space,” he said.
“By the time the two weeks are over and they have enjoyed this momentary coverage, they will start fighting over who will be president or vice-president.
“The reason El-Rufai did not go to the PDP is because he can’t dictate things there, but he told the world that the chairman of SDP is his friend. So they went there because they want to dictate what happens.”