Victor Oye, the national chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, has disclosed that Peter Obi, the former governor of Anambra State, has sworn to stay in the party until death do them part.
Obi, who served as governor of the state for two terms beginning in 2006, then defected to the Peoples Democratic Party in 2014. In the 2019 general election, he was elected as the PDP’s Vice-Presidential candidate.
On Arise TV, Oye discussed the defection and how APGA was able to win the Anambra election, noting that Obi had not achieved anything politically since defecting due to the promise he made with the party.
Obi will have to return to APGA, according to Oye, if he wants to achieve anything politically.
He said, “Remember that Peter Obi was in APGA and when he was with APGA, he performed superlatively well. The moment he left APGA, the APGA spirit left him. He has never achieved anything politically ever since. If he wants to achieve anything politically, he should come back to APGA; then, we will now re-ignite the APGA spirit in him.
“That is how it is done. Let me tell you, let him continue to jump from pillar to post, he cannot achieve anything because APGA gave him a platform and he took a vow that he will never leave APGA until death does them part. Now he left APGA; what do you expect would happen when you take a vow? A vow is a covenant and you must keep it. That is what is happening here.”
The APGA national chairman further cleared the air about his statement, noting that the party is not into occultism.
He said, “I did not mean a cult orientation when I said that Peter Obi vowed never to leave APGA till death do them part. What I said was an open thing and there is a video to that effect. For me, I believe in covenant. He made a covenant with God and not with APGA; is APGA God? He said he will never leave APGA until death does them part. That was what he said, it is open, I have the video.
“I am a Christian and I don’t have any business with cults; I don’t believe in that. My God is sufficient for me. What my God cannot do for me does not exist. In fact, what God cannot do for me, let it be. I am very proud of the God I serve.”