Valentine Ozigbo again changes party, dumps Labour Party & joins APC to pursue Anambra Governorship ambition

Valentine Ozigbo, a governorship aspirant of the Labour Party (LP) in Anambra state, has joined the All Progressive Congress (APC).

Ozigbo joined the APC on Thursday alongside Nze Afam Okpalauzuegbu, the former Labour Party (LP) secretary, at their ward in Amesi area of the state.

Ozigbo, who is aspiring to contest the Anambra governorship election, resigned his membership from the LP on Wednesday.

The former chief executive officer (CEO) of Transnational Corporation of Nigeria said his decision to quit the party is in line with his “unwavering commitment” to the greater vision for the state.

He contested the 2021 governorship election in Anambra on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and lost to Chukwwuma Soludo, candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA).

Many Anambra citizens are seeing the change of political party by Ozigbo as an act of desperation as he has changed parties up to three times. He was in PDP before joining Labour party and now dumping Labour Party for the ruling All Progressive Congress all in a bid to achieve a lifetime ambition of becoming Anambra state governor.

When he declared his intention to run for the governorship seat in Anambra in 2024, Ozigbo said he was in the race to “save the state from collapse”.

Reacting to the development, Bashir Ahmad, former special assistant on digital communications to Muhammadu Buhari, predicted that opposition party structures in the country will crumble before 2027.

“We welcome Valentine Ozigbo to our great party, the All Progressives Congress. It is now clear that even before the time of the actual battle, all the formations of the opposing sides will disappear,” Ahmad wrote on X.

The governorship election in Anambra has been fixed for November by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).