The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, in the 2023 election, Mr. Peter Obi, has formally declared for the African Democratic Congress, ADC.
He was joined by some political leaders in the South East of the country to defect to the ADC, at the event which took place in Enugu, the capital of Enugu State, on Wednesday.
It would be recalled that former vice president, Atiku Abubakar; former governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi, and former governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, among other top politicians had defected to the ADC, some months ago.
Speaking at the occasion, Obi said his move was informed by the need to join hands with others and rescue Nigeria from the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, which he accused of poor governance.
His words: “Today is an important day; today is the last day of 2025, so we are ending this year with the hope that, in 2026, we will begin a journey of the 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, sometime 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.”
He stated further: “And we are saying that those who are planning to rig elections in Nigeria come 2027, we will resist it by every means lawful and legitimate. This happens because we have weak institutions like the INEC, which we are urging to act properly in the coming election.
“We must do whatever it takes to follow the rules and regulations, starting from educational qualification for eligibility to contest or seek any election.
“We can no longer be in a situation 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.”
Present at the occasion among others were former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Emeka Ihedioha; Senators Ben Obi; Victor Umeh; Tony Nwoye, and Gilbert Nnaji; Chief Onyema Ugochukwu; Enyinnya Abaribe, and Senator Sam Egwu.
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