The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 general election, Peter Obi, on Wednesday, 31 December, 2025 announced that he has finally dumped the party for the African Democratic Congress (ADC).
Obi announced this on Wednesday, at the Nike Lake Resort, Enugu where he delivered a New Year address.
In the address, Obi, who is also a former Governor of Anambra State, accused the current leadership in Nigeria of “state capture, economic mismanagement and systematic erosion of democratic values.”
The politician urged Nigerians and opposition forces to unite under a broad national coalition to “rescue Nigeria from poverty, disunity and democratic decline.
“This decision is guided solely by patriotism and national interest. I now respectfully call on my political associates, the Obidient Movement and opposition leaders across the country to join this broad national coalition under the African Democratic Congress. History will not forgive silence in moments of national peril.
“As the year 2025 ends today, we stand on the threshold of a new beginning. For Nigeria, moments of profound national challenge demand clarity of purpose and decisive action. That moment is now.
“As a nation, we are not poor; we are looted into poverty. Nigeria is not broken; Nigeria is severely betrayed. The average Nigerian is not lazy or incompetent, but the system is rigged to reward mediocrity and recycle failure”.
He accused the political elite of deliberately exploiting ethnic and religious divisions to remain in power, saying the government lies to deliberately create “more divisions to sustain themselves in office.”
Obi, who had defected from APGA to the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) left the PDP for the Labour Party during the buildup to the 2023 general elections, were recently reported to be making moves to defect to the new coalition party, the ADC.
