Dumebi Kachikwu, presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in the 2023 election, has claimed that Peter Obi is already considering pulling out of the party's coalition.

In an interview on Sunday, July 20, with Channels Television, monitored by Legit.ng, Kachikwu expressed his belief that Obi would not be allowed to run for presidency on the ADC platform.

According to him, the ADC structure is being packaged for former President Atiku Abubakar’s presidential ambition in the 2027 election.

He said: “The whole ADC structure is being packaged for the former Vice President Atiku Abubakar.

"Since I started warning people about what is happening, we can see what is happening within the coalition. Someone like Mr Peter Obi now understands that the whole coalition was packaged for Atiku Abubakar.

"From our understanding, what we are seeing now is that he is looking in other directions, and other people who aspire to run now realise that the coalition was indeed no coalition. It was just a vehicle for Atiku Abubakar’s ambition.”

The interview can be watched below:

"The whole ADC structure is being packaged for the former vice president Atiku Abubakar."

- Dumebi Kachikwu, 2023, ADC Presidential Candidate#SundayPolitics pic.twitter.com/Y5wz4vS8jI

— Channels Television (@channelstv) July 20, 2025

In the same vein, Kachikwu accused Atiku of consistently working against the shift of presidential power to the south.

In a statement, Kachikwu claimed Atiku nearly blocked former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s second-term bid because he believed it was his turn to take over power.

The ex-presidential candidate also challenged Atiku to prove he supports justice by openly declaring that the south should produce the next president.