Former Anambra State governorship candidate Valentine Ozigbo, has claimed that Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, will not contest for the presidency under the LP ticket.

He believes that the party does not have a future. Ozigbo made this statement while explaining his reason for defecting from the Labour Party to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

In 2022, the former member of the Obidient Movement resigned his membership in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and joined LP to support Obi’s presidential ambition.

On February 19, Ozigbo defected from LP to the APC, blaming the internal crisis happening as his reason for his departure.

Speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Thursday, the former governorship candidate said, "I don’t see a future for the Labour Party. I’m happy to live with that assertion, and I would like to be proven wrong.

“Peter Obi, that we are talking about, also left ANPP for APGA, then PDP, and later Labour Party, and I can almost guarantee that if he wishes to run for election, it’s not going to be under Labour Party.

“I can almost guarantee that. I am not his spokesperson.

“Maybe I am wrong, but I am a witness to a lot of discussions around coalitions, and I can tell you my own optimism about that.”