The leadership of the Labour Party has slammed a former governorship candidate in Anambra, Valentine Ozigbo over his defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC) and his alleged attempt to disparage the party.
In a statement released on Sunday, Obiorah Ifoh, the spokesperson for the Labour Party said Ozigbo was merely a nominal member of the party and never added any value to it.
Ifoh noted that Ozigbo was just a familiar face in the Peter Obi presidential campaign council for the 2023 election where he made attempts to demarket the Labour Party in his alleged attention-seeking antics.
Further reacting to a recent interview by Ozigbo since leaving the party, Ifoh said no one gets into a position of power through betrayal and desperation.
His words, “As a party, we rarely respond to media attacks by individuals who for political reasons create some aura of importance around their persons but in actual fact, are liabilities to both the party they belong to and also to their constituents.
“But for Val Ozigbo, the Labour Party views his present pitiable position as quite unfortunate and can only advice him that no one gets into position of power through betrayal and desperation,” Ifoh said in the statement.
He further noted that the massive defection rocking the party is being challenged in court.
He also said, “The truth is that Val Ozigbo would rather contest election in a political party where he hopes to be rewarded by the government in power when he loses election. It is a fact that he has been financially challenged after the 2021 election and he is desperately in need of resuscitating himself.
“It is obvious that Mr. Ozigbo has neither the interest of the nation nor Anambra State as he claimed, rather his interest is clearly pecuniary,” he said.
