By Suleiman Anyalewechi
Expectations and speculations suggesting that Peter Obi ,may be returning to the Labour Party, LP, have been finally put to rest for now.
Obi, who left the LP, the platform on which he contested the 2023 general elections on December 31, 2025 to join forces with the opposition Coalition, the African Democratic Congress, ADC, on Saturday, March 7, 2026, concluded his online membership registration.
Going by the provisions of the controversial amended 2026 Electoral Act, having observed the e-registeration exercise on the platform of ADC ,the former Anambra State Governor will not be making another switch after the conduct of party primaries scheduled between April and May 2026 except after the polls property
The Source reports that Obi, one of the leading progenitors and founding figures of the new-look ADC, early last year, received his party card at the occasion of the formal commencement of the Anambra’ State ADC e-registeration and mobilization exercise on Saturday.
Addressing party leaders, members and supporters, Obi assured that the South East region, apart from being solidly behind his ambition, is working closely with leaders from other geo-political zones to ensure that the next President of Nigeria comes from the South East.
According to him, the entire South East region is working together as a united family to see how the country will be rescued from bad leadership
“On this journey (quest for the presidency) the South East is working as a family. All the notable political leaders are all here in ADC.
“We are are working together as a family and we are discussing with other parts of the country.
“On this mission, we are working to unite every opposition party so you are going to see members of other political parties working with us ,and the aim is to see a Nigeria that works.
” We want Nigeria to be a secure country, not one that is the fifth insecure country in the world, and the number one country where no one wants to be born into”, the former Anambra’ state Governor stated .
This is as he vowed to work in concert with other concerned Nigerians and groups to challenge the recently amended Electoral Act, insisting that the instrument was ostensibly designed to frustrate the opposition camps.
“We have seen all the reviews of the Electoral Act, and INEC has no reason to dictate how parties should elect their candidates .
“Some of us are going to challenge it. They should focus on how to conduct an election. They should not choose to abandon their work as a referee, and then want to teach a coach how to select his players.
Those who claimed to be democrats just yesterday are now the worst dictators. They are talking about governance ,they are talking about snatching power and running with it again as they did in 2023”, Obi asserted .
He called on the people to take the registration exercise seriously to avoid being caught unawares.
“We want to register as many people as possible, because the election of 2027 will be against bad leadership.
“We, in South East, are saying that we want a new Nigeria ,and we are the only people you will find in every part of Nigeria with their own houses and doing legitimate businesses.
“So, we want a Nigeria where we will put Nigerians out of poverty ,and we know we can be secured if we put people out of poverty”, he added.
The exercise is coming on the heels of Obi’s reaffirmation of his readiness to contest the 2027 presidential polls .
At an empowerment programme in Njikoka Local Council of the State on Friday, Obi, one of the chieftains of the ADC that have declared their interest to throw their hats into the ring, vowed that not even alleged orchestrated plots by the powers-that-be, will stop him from contesting the polls.
According to him, the authorities, including the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, have been engaged in several political manoeuvrings just to stop him on his track.
However ,he assured that neither their antics nor the coalescing of over 30 Governors in the All Progressive Congress, APC, will stop him from seeking the mandate of the people for a new Nigeria.
“You all know that I am now in ADC. People have been asking me why I left Labour Party, and I told them that we have been in court in Labour Party over leadership and, we have been securing favourable judgments ,but INEC refused to recognize us.
But Immediately I left on December 31,2025 ,they (INEC) quickly recognized the orders they had been rejecting.
“You see all the things they have been doing including tinkering with the Electoral Act, are being done because they don’t want me to contest the polls.
“But I want to tell them with that their 30 Governors, they should make the election free and fair, and see who wins
” I want to assure today that no matter what they do, I must contest the election”, Obi stated
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