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Peter Obi Will Join APC – Daniel Bwala

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Mar 12, 2025.

Bwala confidently predicted that the APC would continue to attract defections from the Labour Party
He pointed to Valentine Ozigbo’s recent defection to the APC as an indicator of Peter Obi’s potential move to the ruling part
Bwala also dismissed recent defections of opposition leaders to the Social Democratic Party as an “inordinate ambition” destined to fail.

Daniel Bwala, Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Policy Communication, has asserted that former Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate Peter Obi will eventually join the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

Eko Hot Blog reports that in a Wednesday appearance on TVC, Bwala confidently predicted that the APC would continue to attract defections from the Labour Party, effectively “emptying” it.

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“Do you know we are emptying Labour Party (LP)? Not because we go and ask them to come. They are coming. Valentine Ozigbo has joined us. Balami has joined us.

“Even Peter Obi will join us. I mean, we are successful in this window. Peter Obi will not run in the Labour Party. They are all leaving the Labour Party,” he said.

Peter Obi Will Join APC - Daniel Bwala

He pointed to Valentine Ozigbo’s recent defection to the APC as an indicator of Peter Obi’s potential move to the ruling party. Ozigbo, a close political ally of Obi and former LP governorship aspirant in Anambra State, joined the APC in February.

“For Valentine Ozigbo to come to our party… Valentine Ozigbo is actually the custodian of Peter Obi. Right? Then I know for a fact that Peter Obi will join us,” he added.

Bwala also dismissed recent defections of opposition leaders to the Social Democratic Party (SDP) as an “inordinate ambition” destined to fail.

His statement comes in response to the defection of former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai to the SDP.

“The way they scheme this thing is that every week you will hear a breaking news that a gladiator has joined SDP, so they dominate the media space with conversations.