NDC says Peter Obi has strong Anambra support as Soludo’s government urges APGA voters to reject the former governor in 2027
The Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) Director of New Media and Strategic Communications, Theo Abu Agada, on Monday, October 5, 2026, accused the Anambra State Government of being concerned about the growing popularity of NDC presidential candidate Peter Obi in Anambra State, after the administration of Governor Chukwuma Soludo urged All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) supporters to reject Obi and the NDC in the 2027 election.
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The exchange marks another sharp turn in the increasingly public political disagreement between Obi and the Soludo administration, with APGA seeking to protect its traditional political base while the NDC presents Obi as a powerful electoral force in his home state.
Agada said the NDC was confident of securing a strong result in Anambra and accused the state government of resorting to political attacks because it could not effectively challenge Obi’s record as governor.
“It is now clear, even to the blind, that the Anambra State Government is threatened by the growing popularity of our presidential candidate, H.E. Peter Obi, and the NDC in Anambra State and beyond,” Agada said.
“I understand this mad obsession. The NDC is going to win big in Anambra, and there is nothing Soludo and his minions in APGA can do about it.”
Agada was responding to a post from the Anambra State Government’s New Media platform, which urged APGA supporters to resist Obi ahead of the 2027 polls.
The government described its message as “A Betrayal Alert for Ndi APGA” and argued that supporting Obi and the NDC would undermine APGA, the party that produced Obi as governor.
“A vote for Peter Obi and the NDC is a vote to kill APGA,” the government said.
It further alleged that Obi had sought to weaken APGA since leaving the party in 2014 and urged supporters to defend what it described as their political home.
“Do not be deceived by a man who abandoned his own house. Anambra is APGA. Ndi APGA, defend your home. Resist the NDC,” the statement said.
The confrontation is rooted partly in the political history shared by Obi and APGA.
Obi governed Anambra from 2006 to March 2014, initially under the APGA platform, before leaving the party later in 2014 and joining the Peoples Democratic Party.
He subsequently moved to the Labour Party and contested the 2023 presidential election, finishing third behind Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress and Atiku Abubakar of the PDP.
Obi later left the Labour Party and became the NDC’s presidential candidate for the 2027 election, placing him once again at the centre of a major national political contest.
The political dispute has also been accompanied by a separate disagreement over Anambra’s finances.
In September, Anambra Finance Commissioner Izuchukwu Okafor said the state was still servicing loans linked to previous administrations, including Obi’s tenure.
Obi rejected the suggestion that he left Anambra with outstanding obligations, maintaining that his administration had not left unpaid salaries, pensions or contractors.
The Soludo administration subsequently put the inherited external debt at $123.77 million, while Obi disputed the interpretation of the figures and maintained that the financial record of his administration should be assessed using the relevant documentation.
The disagreement has become particularly striking because Obi and Soludo have previously described their personal relationship in cordial terms.
Obi said in September that he had no personal quarrel with Soludo and argued that disagreements over the state’s finances should be resolved through records rather than political exchanges.
The 2027 contest, however, has introduced a more politically charged dimension.
Soludo has previously expressed support for President Bola Tinubu’s re-election, while APGA has also backed Tinubu for the 2027 presidential election.
That position places the state government’s political messaging on a different footing from Obi’s campaign, despite Obi’s longstanding association with Anambra politics. Punch Newspapers
For the NDC, Peter Obi Anambra support is central to its argument that the former governor can convert his longstanding political profile in the state into substantial votes in 2027.
For APGA, the calculation is different. The party’s appeal rests on its identity as Anambra’s home-grown political platform and on its desire to retain the loyalty of supporters who regard the party as an important part of the state’s political history.
The competing narratives are likely to intensify as the election approaches.
Obi’s record as a former governor gives him deep familiarity with the electorate, while Soludo’s administration controls the machinery of the state government and APGA remains the governing party.
What happens at the ballot box will ultimately determine whether the NDC’s confidence in Obi’s support translates into a decisive electoral advantage or whether APGA succeeds in retaining its political base.
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For now, the rhetoric has hardened, and the battle for Anambra’s voters has clearly begun.
