Daniel Bwala, Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Policy Communication, claims that Peter Obi, the 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, will soon join the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
Bwala asserts that the presidency and the APC are successfully “emptying” the Labour Party, citing the defections of Valentine Ozigbo and Balami as examples.
He made the assertion in an interview with TVC on Wednesday.
Bwala’s confidence in Obi’s defection stems from Ozigbo’s decision to join the APC, which he sees as a signal of Obi’s next move.
“Do you know we are emptying Labour Party? 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 Labour Party. They are all leaving Labour Party,” he said.
He believes that Obi will not run for presidency under the Labour Party and will eventually join the APC.
“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. Do you know why I said that? It’s after one week or two weeks of these melodramatic activities.
He also doubts the effectiveness of opposition leaders defecting to the Social Democratic Party (SDP), predicting that internal conflicts over presidential and vice-presidential candidates will hinder any coalition movement.
“The way they scheme this thing is that every week you will hear a breaking news. A gladiator has joined SDP so that they will dominate the media space with conversation. And I hope that the media will be smart enough to know that. But that is what they intend to do to keep the conversation in the media. But the thing is, why I said he will join us is, by the time the two weeks is over, and they are able to enjoy this momentarily coverage, when they sit down, they will start fighting. Who will be president? Who will be vice president? Who will determine what?” Bwala added.
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