JUST IN: Ozigbo Reveals He Left Labour Party For APC After Experiencing Betrayal, Sabotage

Valentine Ozigbo, a former candidate for governor of Anambra State, has explained why he switched from the Labour Party (LP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC).

He stated in a statement on 𝕏 that his love for Anambra State was the driving force behind his painful decision to defect.

Ozigbo said he felt deceived in the LP, but he also admitted the disappointment and rage that followed his departure.

He claims that he had huge grassroots support inside the Obidient movement and was totally dedicated to the LP at the height of its popularity in Anambra State.

According to Ozigbo, he received over 90% of the votes in two different surveys on preferred party and governorship candidates, and independent web polls at the time showed strong public support for his candidacy.

However, he claimed that his aspirations were thwarted by internal treason and sabotage inside the LP leadership.

“A lot of people have asked: ‘Val, why did you leave the Labour Party?'” he stated. Why the APC? Some were curious, some disappointed, and some furious when they asked. All three make sense to me. Truth, however, requires context.

“Unlike anything I had experienced in public life, I saw a degree of betrayal and sabotage within the top leadership of the Labour Party (not at the grassroots level).” At the leadership level, a conscious attempt was made to thwart my candidacy at all costs.

He asserted that the party’s officials planned an opaque approach instead of guaranteeing justice.

“All I asked for was a transparent process, a level playing field, not a coronation. However, what transpired exposed a disturbing truth: the identical culture we denounced in other parties had established itself there, and in certain situations, even more deeply, he added.

The former LP candidate stated that the party’s internal flaws were revealed by his exit, which eventually destroyed the party’s structure in the state.

“I could have stayed to carry on the battle from within, but I had long realized that, out of selfishness and shortsightedness, they ended up crippling the party itself in the process of chasing me out,” he stated.

Ozigbo justified his choice to join the APC by stating that it was the only remaining viable platform to oppose the Anambra government.