Peter Obi dumps ADC

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By Madu Obi

Mr. Peter Obi has dumped the African Democratic Congress, ADC, the much publicized coalition platform for the opposition parties ahead of the 2027 general elections.

Obi announced his departure from ADC, citing worsening political climate marked by internal crises, external interference, and growing hostility within party structures.

In a message he shared, Obi described Nigeria’s political space as increasingly toxic, where intimidation, insecurity, and persistent scrutiny have become the norm, lamenting that systems meant to protect citizens now often work against them, while individuals striving for sincere service face mounting pressure both publicly and privately.

Clarifying his decision, Obi stated that his exit was not due to any personal grievances with party leaders, including former Senate President David Mark or former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, both of whom he said he continues to respect.

Instead, he pointed to a pattern of internal division, legal disputes, and what he described as the infiltration of destabilizing forces—similar to challenges he previously encountered in the Labour Party.

Obi also decried a broader societal trend where integrity, humility, and adherence to due process are often misinterpreted as weakness.

He expressed concern that genuine efforts toward nation-building are increasingly undermined by suspicion, exclusion, and political maneuvering focused more on control than service.

Meanwhile, the former caucus leader of Labour Party, LP, and the member representing Ogbaru federal constituency of Anambra State in the House of Representatives, Hon Victor Ogene, has said that Mr. Peter Obi is the target in all the ordeals being suffered by the opposition political parties in the country.

Addressing reporters at Obeagwe, Ogbaru local government area, Ogene, who is the former caucus leader of the Labour Party in the House of Representatives, said developments in the political parties Obi had associated with, preparatory to the 2027 election, shows deliberate efforts to stop him from contesting the election.

He said: "I do not think that what is happening in the ADC is targeted at the party. It is targeted at only one person, Mr. Peter Obi. I will give you empirical evidence why I say so.

"On April 4, 2025, the Supreme Court in a landmark judgment, declared that the tenure of Barr. Julius Abure in the Labour Party was effectively over.

I was among leaders of the party, alongside Mr. Peter Obi, Gov. Alex Otti, our senators, House of Reps members and several others, that took the certified true copy of that judgement to INEC.

INEC received us and said that they would study it. They kept studying it, but some of us who are down there have our ears close to the ground. and we got reliable information that for as long as Mr. Peter Obi remained with the Labour Party, the party would not know peace.

In one of my discussions with Mr. Peter Obi in September last year, I told him this; that I am aware of this fact. And since the judicial arm had given a judgment; in fact in that judgment they mentioned that people should be gracious to leave the scene when their tenures are over, a remark directed at Julius Abure, yet he refused to hands off the party.

On December 30, 2025, we, alongside our leader, Peter Obi, went to Enugu and declared for the African Democratic Congress and four days later, INEC without any compulsion, issued a statement that Abure’s tenure was over because Mr. Peter Obi had said he was going somewhere else. INEC did something they didn’t do for eight months.

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar had registered with ADC months before Peter Obi’s declaration for ADC, but that declaration did not amount to membership.

All of January, nothing happened; February nothing happened to ADC. On March 7, we escorted Mr. Peter Obi to Agulu, his home town, to register. The next day being Match 8, I came to this village to register, ditto my other colleagues, including senators and House members, state Assembly members.

As soon as Mr. Peter Obi registered and it was shown to the world, the case of Nafiu Bala which was filed in September, was given life as soon as Mr. Peter Obi registered"

When we were telling people that it is the President, Alhaji Bola Ahmed Tinubu, that wants to be coronated as Nigeria’s president without electoral contest, people didn’t believe us.

But you heard him tell the Senate President the other day that he would send him to the other side to go and scatter them.

Barely three days after, his Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila, openly told Hon. Leke Abejide, that he should stay there and scatter the ADC; and went ahead to say that he should even invite Nafiu Bala so that they would support them. It was an open admission of government interference which we have always cried about."