Lagos chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has criticised Peter Obi, accusing the former presidential candidate of exploiting the controversy surrounding Nnamdi Kanu’s life imprisonment for political gain.
Gatekeepers News reports that in a statement issued on Sunday and signed by the party’s spokesperson, Mogaji Seye Oladejo, APC said Obi’s description of Kanu’s arrest, detention, and sentencing as “unfortunate” was an attempt to stay politically relevant by framing a terrorism case as a leadership failure.
According to the party, Obi has consistently avoided addressing IPOB’s violent actions, yet speaks freely on similar issues involving other groups. APC said this selective outrage shows inconsistency and ethnic bias, insisting that Obi uses sentiments to justify actions linked to terrorism.
It also accused Obi of seeking attention after what the party described as a failed political run, arguing that his comments on Kanu were aimed at reviving his image.
APC stressed that matters involving treason and terrorism fall strictly under constitutional authority, and warned that national security cannot be influenced by political commentary.
The statement reads, “Obi’s attempt to ‘tackle’ the Federal Government and reject a valid court ruling is nothing more than the cry of a man whose political career is in its last embarrassing throes.”
“He is desperately fishing in troubled waters, hoping to harvest sympathy that the Nigerian people have already denied him at the polls.”
“The salient question that Peter Obi must answer is simple: Why the inconsistency in his position? How does he condemn Boko Haram and their ilk wholeheartedly in one breath, only to embrace, defend, and rationalise IPOB in another?”
“This two-faced political morality exposes his deep-seated bias, his hollow rhetoric, and his desperate ambition disguised as compassion.”
“We strongly recommend that Obi drop his ethnic blinders, read the judgment without emotions, and, in good conscience, return to Nigerians with the truth about his sincerity and his innermost desires for the nation he claims he wants to lead.”
“There is nothing wrong in boldly admitting he is a regional champion committed to defending ‘his own’—for good or for bad. What is wrong, however, is deceiving Nigerians with feigned neutrality and hypocritical sermonising. Enough of the deceit. Enough of the pretense.”
“Obi’s rant is a pathetic audition for 2027—another failed attempt to resurrect a political project that is now beyond resuscitation.”
“He can rant from morning till night; national security will never be placed in the fragile hands of sentimentalists who only speak when their political calculators beep. Nigeria will not negotiate its sovereignty to please a man battling political menopause.”
