The All Progressives Congress, APC, has said that the defection of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, in the 2023 presidential election, Mr Peter Obi, to the African Democratic Congress, ADC, has confirmed his return to the same political characters and structures he once publicly condemned.
The APC, in a statement issued on Wednesday by its Lagos State spokesman, Mr. Seye Oladejo, said Obi’s move had stripped him of the moral posture on which he built his political brand.
According to Oladejo, the Obi had openly embraced the very political ecosystem he repeatedly described as corrupt, criminal and unfit for national renewal.
“What Nigerians have witnessed is not political evolution but the confirmation of a pattern.
“Mr Obi has returned to his vomit, without remorse and without explanation, choosing convenience over conviction,” he said.
Oladejo said Obi’s formal entry into the ADC marked the public unveiling of what he called “a coalition of grievance and convenience,” rather than a movement driven by ideas or ideology.
The spokesman described the ADC as a platform where “rejected ambitions and serial aspirants converge,” adding that Obi’s defection merely validated that characterisation.
He added: “This is not a coalition of ideas; it is a cartel of convenience.
“It is not about Nigeria; it is about power without responsibility.”
Oladejo also accused Mr Obi of political inconsistency, noting that his history showed he was unlikely to contest elections consecutively on the same party platform.
He said: “Even a political neophyte could predict this outcome.
“This move confirms a long-standing pattern of political promiscuity masquerading as principle.”
Oladejo further expressed concern over what it described as the coalition’s silence on terrorism and violent extremism, saying such refusal to clearly condemn violence against Nigerians was “deliberate and dangerous.”
“Silence in the face of terror is not neutrality; it is complicity.
“Any group that cannot unequivocally denounce the killing of innocent Nigerians has forfeited the moral right to seek national leadership,” he said.
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