Peter Obi: South-East Building Alliances With Other Regions Ahead of 2027 Presidency

All prospective members are encouraged to relocate to their wards in order to take part in the registration process, which the African Democratic Congress, or ADC, has launched in Anambra State.

This comes as the party’s presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi, has declared that the South-East as a whole supports his aspiration and maintains that the region’s citizens have the right to rule the nation.

Speaking to members during the flag-off of registration, Obi stated that South-East stakeholders are collaborating with others to guarantee that the region delivers the next President who will save the nation from poor leadership.

“South-East is working as a family on this journey,” he declared. Here at ADC are all the prominent political figures. As a family, we are all working together and communicating with others around the nation.

“We are trying to bring all opposition parties together in this exercise, so you will see political party members collaborating with us. The goal is to make Nigeria a workplace.”

“We want Nigeria to be a safe country, not the world’s fifth most dangerous nation and the place where no one wants to be born.”

Additionally, Obi pledged to contest the new Electoral Act, claiming that it is aimed at the opposition.

He stated that instead of focusing on conducting a legitimate election, the Independent National Electoral Commission, or INEC, cannot dictate to parties whose candidate to field.

“After reviewing the Electoral Act in its whole, INEC has no justification for dictating how parties choose their candidates. There are those of us who will contest it. They ought to concentrate on election administration. They shouldn’t decide to quit their job as referees in order to instruct a coach in player selection.

“The worst dictators today are those who yesterday professed to be Democrats. Instead of discussing governance, they are discussing seizing power and abusing it once more, like they did in 2023.

“They are discussing how to steal election results, but we won’t allow them to do it this time. We currently have the greatest power problem in the nation. We will seize them if they do. This time, they won’t be able to succeed.

“We want to register as many people as possible because the election of 2027 will be against bad leadership,” he said, calling for widespread registration.

They won’t claim that South-East has returned or that it requires power, but they must acknowledge that South-East is Nigeria and that we are both stakeholders and a part of it.

“We in the South-East claim to want a new Nigeria, and we are the only people in every region of the country who own their own homes and do lawful commerce.

“We want a Nigeria where we will lift Nigerians out of poverty, and we know that doing so will make us safe.”

“We want all of you to become men’s fishermen.” Don’t be terrified of what they own; if they have this and that, they won’t be scared. They are aware that what they possess is phony, and we will immediately pursue them all.

Senator Ben Obi, who chaired the flag-off event, stated, “I want to assure that no one will be cheated.” Our shared objective is to make sure Peter Obi gets elected president.

“Everyone is aware that we are working with other regions of Nigeria to make sure of this, but we shouldn’t cause him any trouble in Anambra. His strongest foundation must be Anambra, and I want to emphasize that we will set aside time to make sure that everyone in the party is calmed.

“Our shared objective is to ensure Peter Obi’s success; anyone who does otherwise is not contributing to the cause, and we will not permit that to happen.”

Benchuks Nwosu, the chairman of the Registration Committee, disclosed that each of the 326 wards will receive 150 cards, with one register for each ward.