Obi defends party switches, rejects ‘transactional politics’

Peter Obi, erstwhile statesmanlike campaigner of the Labour Party, has defended his question crossed governmental parties, insisting his decisions were driven by rule alternatively than idiosyncratic ambition.

Speaking during an interrogation with Arise TV, Obi said his governmental journey—from the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and aboriginal to the Labour Party—was shaped by his refusal to tolerate interior crises and “transactional politics.”

“We indispensable dismantle this criminality that exists today,” Obi said, stressing that his governmental engagements are rooted successful reforming governance and strengthening antiauthoritarian values.

Responding to concerns astir his predominant enactment changes, Obi explained that his exit from APGA was to forestall interior disputes from destabilising governance successful Anambra State.

“I moved from APGA to the PDP due to the fact that of issues with my successor. Rather than let it to go destructive to governance, I moved out,” helium stated.

He further criticised practices wrong the PDP, describing them arsenic inconsistent with his principles.
“People were not playing by the rules. It was transactional. I cannot beryllium portion of a transactional system,” helium said.

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