2027: Obi formally registers with ADC, says S’East working together

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The 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has formally registered as a member of the African Democratic Congress in the party’s ongoing membership registration and mobilisation exercise, which commenced across the 21 local government areas of Anambra State on Saturday, March 7.

Obi, who completed his registration at his hometown in Agulu, in Anaocha LGA of Anambra State, on Saturday, vowed to challenge the newly-passed 2026 Electoral Act in court, alleging that it was deliberately designed to manipulate the outcome of the 2027 general elections.

The presidential hopeful said the provisions of the new electoral law were designed in a manner to facilitate electoral manipulation, adding that the Independent National Electoral Commission has now assumed the process of political party election, instead of focusing on conducting elections.

The former Anambra governor told his supporters and members of the party that the South-East region is working as a family for the purpose of the 2027 general elections, adding that no region is more Nigerian than the South-East.

He said, “Today, we are flagging off with our registration and mobilisation exercise. The 2027 general election will be between Nigerians against bad leadership. We are committed to a Nigeria where the child of a nobody can become somebody without knowing anybody.

“In this particular journey of 2027, we in the South-East are working as a family and we are discussing with other regions. We are working to unite all opposition. The common goal is to create a new Nigeria. The South-East is part of Nigeria, no region is more Nigerian than the South-East.

“We cannot continue in the era where Nigeria has become one of the worst five countries in the world. Nigeria has become the poverty capital of the world. We are committed to a new Nigeria where people are pulled out of poverty.

“They have been snatching ballot boxes in the past, but this time, we will ensure they don’t snatch and run with any ballot box, rather, we will catch them and count them out. The country cannot continue in that direction, which is taking us nowhere.