The African Democratic Congress Coalition has said that the Obidient movement has a vital role to play ahead of 2027 elections. The party recently revealed that several Obidients are already embedded in the coalition’s leadership structures.
Speaking on Arise Television, a chieftain of the ADC, Chille Igbawua, shared that anyone saying Peter Obi is detached from the coalition is not being sincere.
According to him, while Obi’s supporters will always support their principal and his decisions no matter what, they also realize that they cannot be static ahead of the forthcoming polls.
“They may be thinking that maybe they are better off identifying as the Obedients. But I can assure you that Obedients themselves are not static; they are growing.
Don’t you need their Obedience in 2027? We definitely need them. And several of them are in the leadership of the party of the ADC, as I’m speaking to you,” he said.
Igbawua further noted that Obi is not an outsider to the coalition, stressing that some statements from individuals within the Obidient movement do not reflect their principal’s actual position.
He concluded by saying that the former Labour Party presidential candidate is currently very engaged in the ADC’s activities.
“Sometimes when members of the Obedient make statements, we doubt whether they are consulting him. But Peter Obi has been participating in the process of the coalition right from the beginning until now.
The issue is that the vital and critical processes that we are going through, Peter Obi is part of it. He’s part of, you know, the leadership that constituted the reconstituted National Working Committee and NEC.
And if you have no keen interest in a political party and you are moving your principal persons into their leadership, then I don’t know what else will show us that. He’s not from outside
We are working with them. The national chairman of the party, of the Labour Party, is with us at meetings every time we meet, along with Peter Obi.
I have seen him say in audio and video messages that he is a member of the party and that he is there not just for the purpose of getting a ticket for the presidency. He is there to salvage Nigeria. That is what he has said himself. So I’d rather believe Peter Obi himself, who is at meetings with us, than believe those who were part of his 2023 ambition,” he added.
