The Anambra State Government has issued a statement urging supporters of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) to defend the party and resist the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) ahead of the 2027 general elections. The statement, posted on the government's official X account, alleged that Peter Obi, former governor of Anambra State and presidential candidate of the NDC, had worked against APGA since leaving the party in 2014.
The government declared that a vote for Peter Obi and the NDC would be a vote to kill APGA. It further alleged that since 2014, Obi had had one mission: to destroy the party that made him. The government also mentioned that in 2025, while President Tinubu stood with APGA, Obi backed opposition to bury the party.
The statement adds to the recent political exchanges between the Anambra government and Obi, who governed the state on the platform of APGA before leaving the party in 2014. Obi became governor of Anambra in March 2006 and served until March 2014, although his first tenure was interrupted by his impeachment in November 2006.
Obi formally left APGA in October 2014 and joined the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). He later resigned from the PDP in May 2022 and joined the Labour Party, on whose platform he contested the 2023 presidential election. Obi finished third in the 2023 election behind Atiku Abubakar of the PDP and Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who was declared the winner.
In December 2025, Obi left the Labour Party and joined the African Democratic Congress (ADC). The ADC formally announced his entry into the party on December 31, 2025. He subsequently aligned with the NDC ahead of the 2027 presidential election.
The latest confrontation between Obi and the Anambra government comes amid an ongoing disagreement over the financial obligations associated with projects and programmes implemented during his tenure as governor. The dispute became public in September when the state Commissioner for Finance, Izuchukwu Okafor, said the government was still servicing loans obtained by previous administrations, including those of Obi and former governor Willie Obiano.
Obi has since rejected the characterisation of the $123.77 million as debt personally incurred by him, arguing that the financing was largely connected to development programmes involving the World Bank and the International Fund for Agricultural Development. The Anambra government's latest statement shifts the dispute from the financial disagreement to the broader political relationship between Obi and APGA.
Key points
- The Anambra State Government has urged APGA supporters to defend the party and resist the NDC ahead of the 2027 general elections.
- Peter Obi has been involved in a public disagreement with the Anambra government over financial obligations from his tenure as governor.
- Obi has aligned with the NDC ahead of the 2027 presidential election, further straining his relationship with APGA.
