The 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has officially dumped the party and joined the African Democratic Congress (ADC).
Naijaonpoint reports that Obi, along with some other political leaders from the South-East geopolitical zone, officially declared for the ADC on Wednesday in Enugu State.
Giving reasons for their choice, the leaders explained that they took the decision to “rescue Nigeria from the poor governance of the All Progressives Congress (APC)”.
According to Obi, it is time for the opposition leaders to join hands and work together in rescuing Nigeria in the 2027 election.
He called on the opposition members to come together under the umbrella of the ADC led by David Mark to rescue Nigeria.
“We are ending this year with the hope that in 2026 we will begin a rescue journey.
“We will resist rigging of election by every lawful means in 2027,” he added.
Obi described Nigeria as a country in distress and in need of real leadership. He argued that people with the country’s interest at heart can no longer take the back seat and watch things continue to deteriorate.
“We cannot have a country where people who cannot tell the school they attended are meant to rule us, and the court will say it is a pre-election matter,” Obi said.
According to him, leadership must be by example, noting that it is wrong for the government to be living large on the country’s commonwealth while urging the citizens to make sacrifices.
“A leader must lead by example. If you ask the people to fast, you must not feast,” he declared.
According to him, Nigeria is not a poor country, but was looted into poverty.
He lamented that Nigeria is not occupying its rightful place in the comity of nations.
“We have now become a crime scene. We are called a disgraced nation,” Obi said.
Among those present at the official defection were the National Chairman of the ADC, David Mark; former Imo State governor Achike Udenwa; former Enugu State governor Okwesilieze Nwodo; Chief Onyema Ugochukwu; Senators Ben Obi, Enyinnaya Abaribe, Tony Nwoye and Victor Umeh, alongside several Southeast leaders.