ADC chieftain Says Obedients Will Shape 2027 Election

Posted by Nwa Diokpa Featured, Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria Friday, September 26th, 2025

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The African Democratic Congress Coalition says that the Obidient question volition beryllium important successful determining the governmental scenery of Nigeria up of the 2027 elections, adding that tons of its members are already embedded successful the coalition’s enactment structures.

The African Examiner writes that the Obidient question came astir successful the build-up to the 2023 wide elections arsenic a enactment basal for Peter Obi, who was the Labour Party statesmanlike aspirant successful the 2023 election.

Speaking connected Arise Television connected Friday, a chieftain of the ADC, Chille Igbawua, stated that it was erroneous to suggest that Peter Obi is aloof from the question oregon from the enactment of the coalition.

“They whitethorn beryllium reasoning that possibly they are amended disconnected identifying arsenic the Obedients. But I tin guarantee you that Obedients themselves are not static; they are growing. Don’t you request their Obedience successful 2027? We decidedly request them. And respective of them are successful the enactment of the enactment of the ADC, arsenic I’m speaking to you,” helium said.

According to Igbawua, immoderate statements from immoderate persons wrong the Obidient question whitethorn not needfully bespeak Obi’s existent position, arsenic the erstwhile Anambra politician has been afloat engaged successful the activities of the coalition.

“Sometimes erstwhile members of the Obedient marque statements, we uncertainty whether they are consulting him. But Peter Obi has been participating successful the process of the conjugation close from the opening until now,” helium explained.

He maintained that Obi is not an outsider to the coalition.

He said: “The contented is that the captious and captious processes that we are going through, Peter Obi is portion of it. He’s portion of, you know, the enactment that constituted the reconstituted National Working Committee and NEC.

“And if you person nary keen involvement successful a governmental enactment and you are moving your main persons into their leadership, past I don’t cognize what other volition amusement america that. He’s not from outside.”

Speaking concerning the divisions wrong the Labour Party, Igbawua disclosed that the separation has besides affected the Obidient movement.

“We are moving with them. The nationalist president of the party, of the Labour Party, is with america astatine meetings each clip we meet, on with Peter Obi,” helium added.

He besides made notation to Obi’s ain repeated declarations arsenic impervious of his involvement. “I person seen him accidental successful audio and video messages that helium is simply a subordinate of the enactment and that helium is determination not conscionable for the intent of getting a summons for the presidency. He is determination to salvage Nigeria. That is w...