APC and ADC
A chieftain of the African Democratic Congress, Dr. Peter Okeh, has said the 2027 presidential election will be a contest between the All Progressives Congress and Nigerians across all walks of life, not the adopted party of the coalition movement.
He observed that the growing support for the coalition was driven by the widespread hardship currently facing Nigerians.
He stated this during a meeting with journalists in Abakaliki on Sunday.
“I am absolutely thrilled with the birth of this coalition. It’s indeed an amazing development in the political history of our country.
“It was a relief that, in the context of abject poverty, extreme hunger, monumental corruption, insecurity, and state capture that the APC government has unleashed on Nigerians, a group of eminent Nigerians can come together to form a formidable force to stem the tide and save democracy in our country.
“Absolutely yes. This is because the coalition has all it takes to defeat the current government. Look, the next election will be an election like no other — it will be an election between the APC and all the suffering Nigerians, home and abroad.
“This time, Nigerians will protect their votes, and no one will be given a free ride to rig the election like they did in the past.”
He said that to avoid wasting time and resources, a former governor of Anambra State and the 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi has a broader acceptability to fly the ADC presidential ticket in 2027.
He added, “I actually believe that Mr. Peter Obi is the best person to head the coalition. He has all it takes to win the election. Politics, they say, is local, and Peter Obi has solid grassroots followers — the Obidient Movement — behind him.
“He has also learnt a lot of lessons from the experience of 2023. In addition, things are very much different now. He has reached out and travelled the nooks and crannies of this country, much more than he did before the 2023 general elections. Furthermore, Nigerians have tasted the bitter pill of the current government, and, as such, people are now more united against the government in power than ever.
“Finally, I think many Nigerians will be uncomfortable to see that the southern part of the country is not allowed to complete the eight-year tenure, as has now become the norm in our politics.”
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