Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 election, Peter Obi has formally defected to the African Democratic Congress ,ADC. The event took place on Wednesday in Enugu, South East, Nigeria.
Speaking to his supporters in Nike lake hotel,in the coal city,Obi issued a stern warning against electoral malpractice ahead of the 2027 elections.
Obi,a former Governor of Anambra said his defection signals direction in 2026 to kickstart a rescue mission for the country
“Today is an important day. Today is the last day of 2025. So we are ending this year with a hope that in 2026 we will begin a journey of rescue of our country, for proper socio-economic development that will be unifying and inclusive.
“We have all watched those who benefited from our democracy sometimes now become accessories to destroying our democracy. Either through coercion and gangsterism against the opposition. We cannot allow this to happen. We will resist it. We have now seen people who benefited from our democracy be part of celebrating electoral fraud publicly.
“We are saying that those who are planning to rig an election in Nigeria come 2027, we will resist it by every means lawful and legitimate. This happened because we have weak institutions like INEC.”
Obi called on INEC to play by the rules and regulations beginning with qualification adding ” We can no longer be where they are asking whether this person went to school or not”
“We are urging them (INEC) in the coming election, we must do whatever it is to follow the rules and the regulation, starting by educational qualification for eligibility to come and sit for any election. We can no longer be where they are asking whether this person went to school or not. We have one year now to determine who went to school and who didn’t go to school. We have one year now for people to tell us the school they attended and when they left the school. We don’t want it to be something we go to court after election and they say it’s pre-election matter. We have pre-election situation now to verify everybody who wants to contest the election in Nigeria. And we must follow that. Our commitment is about Nigeria.”
ADC has untiring presidential aspirants and other prominent politicians.They include former Vice President,Atiku Abubakar, Rotimi Amaechi, David Mark Tom Ikimi and Sen David Mark
