Anambra govt accuses Obi of betraying APGA, urges supporters to reject NDC in 2027

The Anambra State Government has urged supporters of the All Progressives Grand Alliance to reject Peter Obi and the Nigeria Democratic Congress ahead of the 2027 general election, accusing the former governor of abandoning the party that brought him to power.

The state government made the call in a post published through its official social-media account managed by Governor Chukwuma Soludo’s New Media office.

In the post, the government accused Obi of working against APGA since leaving the party and argued that supporting him in 2027 would weaken APGA’s political position in Anambra. Those allegations represent the state government’s political position rather than independently established findings about Obi’s motives.

Obi served as governor of Anambra State between 2006 and 2014 on the APGA platform before leaving the party later in 2014 for the Peoples Democratic Party.

He subsequently left the PDP in 2022 and contested the 2023 presidential election under the Labour Party.

Obi is now the presidential candidate of the NDC for the 2027 election.

NDC rejects Anambra government’s allegations

The NDC has responded to the attack, accusing the Soludo administration of resorting to political blackmail against its presidential candidate.

Theo Abu Agada, the party’s Director of New Media and Strategic Communications, said the Anambra government was reacting to Obi’s political influence and challenged the administration to focus on governance records instead.

The NDC’s claims about Obi’s popularity and its electoral prospects are themselves partisan political assertions and should not be treated as predictions of the 2027 outcome

The exchange comes amid a broader political dispute between Obi and the Anambra State Government over his record as governor, including disagreements about loans, debt obligations and funds he says were left behind when he left office.

BodexNG has previously covered several developments in that dispute, making the latest exchange another useful addition to the existing topic cluster.