Former presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, has declared that members of the coalition will make sacrifice and work together to win the 2027 election.
Obi who stated this on his X handle on Thursday intoned that “our commitment is to sacrifice and work together towards the 2027 General Elections, ensuring that Nigeria gets a competent, capable, and compassionate leadership that will prioritise the nation’s future by putting the welfare of Nigerians first.”
Obi said there was need for collaboration among opposition forces, adding that “no one group can change Nigeria alone.
“To dismantle the structures that keep our people in poverty and insecurity, we must build bridges, not walls, even when those bridges are uneasy.”
Obi who said he supports the adoption of the ADC as the coalition platform ahead of the 2027 general elections to unseat President Bola Tinubu, added that the ADC will put Nigerians first in all its decisions.
Obi said the move was borne out of a commitment to provide competent and compassionate leadership for Nigeria.
The former governor said the coalition’s decision to unite under the ADC was not taken lightly, but after “deep reflection” on Nigeria’s current state and the urgent need for a new direction.
Obi wrote, “Yesterday, the coalition members formally adopted the African Democratic Congress (ADC) for the 2027 Nigeria General Elections with Distinguished Senator David Mark serving as the National Chairman and H.E. Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola serving as the National Secretary.
The coalition, comprising key political figures including former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Obi, and other opposition leaders, on Wednesday formally unveiled the ADC as its new platform on Wednesday at the Yar’Adua Centre in Abuja.
Former Senate President David Mark and ex-Osun State Governor Rauf Aregbesola were appointed interim National Chairman and National Secretary of the ADC, respectively, at the event as the coalition gears up to challenge President Bola Tinubu’s re-election bid in 2027.
