I know for a fact that Peter Obi will join APC – Daniel Bwala

Daniel Bwala, special adviser to President Bola Tinubu on media and policy, says he knows for a fact that Peter Obi will soon dump Labour Party for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

Bwala made the claim in an interview with TVC on Wednesday.

“Do you know we are emptying the Labour Party? Not because we are asking them to come. Valentine Ozigbo has joined us, Balami has joined us, even Peter Obi will join us,” Bwala stated.

“Peter Obi will not run in the Labour Party (in 2027). For Valentine Ozigbo to come to our party — Valentine Ozigbo is actually the custodian of Peter Obi — then I know for a fact that Peter Obi will join us.”

Bwala also rubbished the recent defection of Nasir el-Rufai, former governor of Kaduna state, from the APC to the Social Democratic Party (SDP).

He added that the SDP will descend into chaos after two weeks of enjoying news headlines.

“You see, after one or two weeks of this mini-dramatic activity — because the way they scheme these things is that every week, you will hear a breaking news story that ‘a gladiator has joined SDP’ — so they will dominate the media space,” he said.

“By the time the two weeks is over and they are able to enjoy this momentary coverage, when they sit down they’ll start fighting over who will be president or vice-president.

“The reason El-Rufai did not go to the PDP is because he can’t dictate things there, but he told the world that the chairman of SDP is his friend. So they went there because they want to dictate.”