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‘I Told Peter Obi Before Defecting To ADC’, Rhodes-Vivour Replies LP

by Bode Gbadebo and Leadership News
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Former Labour Party governorship candidate in Lagos State, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, has reacted to criticisms that he abandoned LP 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, for his new party, the African Democratic Congress (ADC).

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Speaking on Channels Television’s ‘Sunday Politics’, Rhodes-Vivour explained that the former Anambra State governor was fully informed about the move before he switched allegiance from LP to ADC.

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According to him, he has consistently carried Obi along in all his political plans.

He said, “Certainly, His Excellency was aware. A representative of his was even at the declaration yesterday (Saturday).

“His Excellency and I are communicating. We are aligned. There’s no step that’s being taken that he’s not aware of.

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“Again, as I said, we have all agreed that the only way to have a successful election for us in the opposition is a coalition. Regardless of where anybody is at this point in time, we have all come to that agreement and we are all working towards that aim.”

The clarification comes a few hours after Labour Party faulted his defection, which it described as hasty and ill-advised.

Rhodes-Vivour formally declared his defection to the ADC on Saturday at an event in Alimosho LGA, Lagos State.

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The event, initially disrupted by security operatives before being relocated, was part of a broader coalition of opposition parties under the ADC platform, aimed at unseating the ruling All Progressives Congress in 2027.

In his declaration speech, Rhodes-Vivour said joining the ADC was part of building a united front against the APC in the 2027 elections.

But, the Senator Nenadi Usman-led leadership of LP argued that Rhodes-Vivour ought to have taken a cue from Obi, who has continued to engage opposition parties without leaving the LP.

In a statement issued on Sunday, the party’s interim National Publicity Secretary, Tony Akeni, said Rhodes-Vivour’s action showed he “jumped the gun” and failed to imbibe Obi’s political approach.

Akeni noted that it was already a settled consensus within the LP that no single opposition party—including itself—could single-handedly dislodge the APC in 2027.


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