Former Anambra state Governor and Presidential candidate of Labour Party(LP) in the 2023 general elections Mr. Peter Obi, on Wednesday, December 31, 2025, formally joined the national African Democratic Congress (ADC), ending several months of speculations about his future political destination.
He accused some politicians especially those who have benefitted from democratic governance of working hard to destroy democracy “through coercion, manipulation and outright gangsterism particularly on opposition parties.”
He continued: “Let me assure Nigerians that we will defend our fragile democracy and make it resilient. We will decisively defeat any attempt by the ruling party and its agents to manipulate or rig future elections. The will of the Nigerian people is sacrosanct, non-negotiable and those plotting to subvert it in 2027 should rethink their actions. Nigerians have endured enough and will resist any assault on their mandate through all lawful and legitimate means.
”Because weak national institutions, particularly the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), contributed significantly to our present crisis, we most strongly demand urgent reforms of the entire electoral process.We demand credible and transparent elections that are free and fair and based on strict adherence to electoral laws, starting with prescribed educational qualification for eligibility for election and transmission of results as voted.”
He called on all Nigerians, irrespective of tribe or tongue, to unite so as to salvage the country, adding that the choice is between “despair that leads to the continuity of the decay of power or the courage to disrupt the prevailing decadence, state capture, and formalised criminality in the name of governance.”
Earlier in his address, Senator Ben Obi, announced that the South-East political leaders, especially those who are members of the PDP, APGA, and LP, had resolved at a recent meeting to join Mr. Obi in any political party of his choice.
ADC National Chairman, Senator David Mark, expressed happiness over Obi’s public declaration for ADC. and urged the people of the South-East zone to embrace the party with both hands.
The event was attended by several political leaders from the zone, including former Governors of Ebonyi, Enugu and Imo, Dr. Sam Egwu, Dr. Okwesilieze Nwodo, Chief Achike Udenwa, Chief Emeka Ihedioha, respectively.
Others are Chief Onyema Ugochukwu, former NDDC boss, Sir Chikwe Udensi, former governorship aspirant in Abia state on the platform of APGA, and other political leaders.
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