The 2023 presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Dumebi Kachikwu, has stated that Peter Obi is planning to leave the ADC, which he associated with a few weeks ago.

MyNigeria reported that Obi recently declared his membership of the ADC, a party adopted by opposition figures as the launch pad to unseat President Bola Tinubu in 2027.

Despite his association with the ADC, Obi remains a card-carrying member of the Labour Party, the same party on which he contested the 2023 presidential election.

Speaking on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics, Kachikwu stated that the coalition has hijacked the ADC, adding that Obi is considering dumping the coalition, having realised that the party is set up to favour Atiku.

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 packed 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.”

Kachikwu emphasised that the ADC will not be employed to support Atiku’s presidential bid, stressing that the 2027 election will prevent what he referred to as ‘class exploitation’ by political leaders.

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