The Anambra State Government has urged voters to resist Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, in the 2027 election, accusing the former governor of abandoning and undermining the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA.
The government made the call on Monday in a post on the Anambra New Media X account, which is used by Governor Charles Soludo’s administration.
In a message titled “A Betrayal Alert for Ndi APGA,” the government alleged that Obi had pursued a mission to destroy APGA since 2014 and urged supporters of the party to defend its political base.
“Anambra is APGA. Ndi APGA, defend your home. Resist the NDC,” the government said.
It also described a vote for Obi and the NDC as a vote against APGA, intensifying the political battle between the former governor and the administration of his successor.
Obi governed Anambra from 2006 to 2014 before leaving APGA for the Peoples Democratic Party in October 2014.
He later joined the Labour Party and contested the 2023 presidential election, before moving to the African Democratic Congress and eventually the NDC in May 2026.
Obi is now the NDC presidential candidate for the 2027 election, with former Kano State Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso as his running mate.
The latest attack by the Anambra government comes against the backdrop of Governor Soludo’s increasingly clear support for President Bola Tinubu ahead of the 2027 presidential election.
In August 2025, Soludo said his support for Tinubu was partly based on a 22-year friendship with the President and his assessment of the administration’s economic and structural reforms.
“President Tinubu is my friend; he has been my friend for 22 years now and counting, so you don’t deny your friend,” Soludo said at the time.
He added that he was impressed by Tinubu’s reforms and believed Nigeria should “stay the course.”
APGA later formally endorsed Tinubu as its preferred presidential candidate for 2027.
The party said it would not field a presidential candidate after its National Executive Committee resolved to support Tinubu’s re-election bid following consultations.
The development effectively places APGA and Obi’s NDC on opposite sides of the presidential contest, despite Obi’s long political association with the Anambra-based party.
The Anambra government’s latest message also accused Obi of abandoning the party that produced him.
However, one aspect of the government’s historical account requires qualification. The claim that Tinubu stood with APGA in 2015 does not align with APGA’s own account of its presidential history.
According to the party, APGA did not field a presidential candidate in 2015 and supported then-President Goodluck Jonathan’s re-election bid.
The latest political confrontation follows a separate dispute between Obi and the Soludo administration over the state’s inherited debt.
In September, the Anambra Government said external financing linked to projects implemented during Obi’s tenure had a combined contracted value of $123.77 million, with $92.35 million outstanding as of June 30, 2026.
Obi rejected the description of the facilities as loans personally incurred by him, saying he neither approached financial institutions to borrow money nor issued a bond on behalf of Anambra.
He also disputed the government’s account of an alleged ₦2.13 billion ecological fund he said he left behind when he handed over power.
The state government has challenged the claim, saying it found no evidence that the amount was held in the account identified by Obi.
The financial dispute has added a new dimension to the political differences between the former governor and Soludo’s administration.
With Obi now leading the NDC into the 2027 presidential race and APGA backing Tinubu, the latest exchange signals that Anambra is likely to remain an important battleground in the political contest ahead of the general election.
