Peter Obi, the 2023 presidential candidate for the Labour Party has revealed the main purpose of the opposition platform.
Obi made the disclosure shortly after the African Democratic Congress (ADC) was adopted as the coalition party.
In a post on X, Obi said the coalition’s committment is to sacrifice and work together for the good of Nigeria.
He noted that this can the achieved by ensuring the coalition emerges victorious at the 2027 general elections.
He said, “Yesterday, the coalition members formally adopted the African Democratic Congress (ADC) for the 2027 Nigeria General Elections with Distinguished Senator David Mark serving as the National Chairman and H.E. Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola serving as the National Secretary.
“Our commitment is to sacrifice and work together towards the 2027 General Elections, ensuring that Nigeria gets a competent, capable, and compassionate leadership that will prioritise the nation’s future by putting the welfare of Nigerians first,” Obi said.
Noting that the decision to be a part of the coalition was not taken lightly, Obi said his action and that of some of the coalition members stemmed from deep reflections on solutions to Nigeria’s challenges.
“This decision was not made lightly. It comes from deep reflection on where we are as a country and what must be done to move forward.
“No one group can change Nigeria alone. To dismantle the structures that keep our people in poverty and insecurity, we must build bridges, not walls even when those bridges are uneasy,” Obi added.