The Lagos State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has described Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour’s defection to the African Democratic Congress (ADC) as another desperate political hustle.

The party, in a statement on Tuesday by its spokesman, Seye Oladejo, noted that Rhodes-Vivour has jumped from one party to another, citing instances of his movement from the Kowa Party to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and then to the Labour Party in 2023.

The APC stated that Rhodes-Vivour’s politics has no ideology, no direction, and certainly no loyalty, only the blind pursuit of personal ambition. The party also referenced his famous confession, “I don’t think in Yoruba,” saying that a man who disowns his roots at the level of language cannot be trusted to honour commitments at the level of leadership.

The APC questioned the Labour Party’s reaction to his exit, saying that the party should not be surprised given Rhodes-Vivour’s history of haste and opportunism. The party also warned that Lagosians should not risk their mandate with a young man whose only claim to political experience is traversing four different political parties in a short but uneventful political career.

The APC described the defection as a desperate hustle of a man who has made political prostitution his career path.
The APC said, with this move, Rhodes-Vivour is not building a political career; “he is on a political scavenger hunt.”

“He has jumped more parties than a restless frog hopping from one lily pad to another, noting that with each move, he left behind chaos, betrayal, and laughter for the people who see through his charade.

“From his forgettable beginnings in the obscure Kowa Party, to his short-lived PDP romance, to his opportunistic hijack of the Labour Party’s ticket in 2023, and now to ADC, Rhodes-Vivour has jumped more parties than a restless frog hopping from one lily pad to another.

“He is forever in search of the next platform to abuse and abandon, the next slogan to parrot, and the next crowd to mislead. His politics has no ideology, no direction, and certainly no loyalty – only the blind pursuit of personal ambition.

“This is the same individual who famously confessed, ‘I don’t think in Yoruba’. No wonder he cannot think straight in politics either. A man who disowns his roots at the level of language cannot be trusted to honour commitments at the level of leadership. Today ADC, tomorrow who knows? Maybe the Nigerian Association of Town Union Criers – anywhere that will give him a microphone to shout slogans he doesn’t even believe in.

“The Labour Party, now crying that his exit was ‘hasty,’ should be the last to complain. What else do you expect from a man whose only political strategy is haste-haste to jump ship, haste to cut corners, haste to claim what he has not worked for?”

“The Labour Party need not cry over a candidate who arrived on a night bus, snatched its gubernatorial ticket and left before dawn.”