A former chieftain of the Labour Party (LP), Valentine Ozigbo, has urged Nigerian youth to join the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Ozigbo who dumped the Labour Party for the APC in February made the call during an interview on Channels Television Politics Today on Friday.
“I call on the youth of Nigeria: let’s join the APC,” said Ozigbo who is a former ally of the LP’s standard bearer during the 2023 presidential election, Peter Obi.
“I don’t see any traction in the coalition of political parties we are seeing today, so for any politician, the only option is to join the APC.”
Ozigbo, days after decamping from the LP to the APC, had said that he hoped Obi will join him in the ruling party.
Speaking on Channels TV’s Politics Today a few weeks ago, Ozigbo said he told all the LP stakeholders, including Obi, before dumping the party.
“I told him a few things, not about coming to the APC, but I would like to welcome him to the APC someday if he so desires,” he said.
“But here’s the point: I engaged with everybody I needed to engage as much as I could remember to say to them, here are the options.
“I had a meeting with Peter Obi. I said to him, ‘I don’t see myself running for this election in the Labour Party, and I want to make a decision soon.’”
“The day I mentioned to him I was leaving the Labour Party, the next day, I moved to the APC because I had to go and visit the Labour Party and say goodbye to them.
“And I told them to their face, ‘You hear the things that have happened. I am not proud of them. Even when we had a congress in Anambra State, it was a charade—totally flawed.’”
