Peter Obi Ignores Labour Party, Supports ADC Candidates For Saturday By-elections
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Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 general elections, Peter Obi has urged his supporters to vote for the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in the forthcoming by-elections.<\/strong><\/p>\n Obi explained that his appeal is due to the LP having no candidates recognised by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on the ballot amid an internal crisis.<\/p>\n Speaking via a post shared on X on Thursday, Obi said, \u201cOn the 16th of August 2025, Nigerians will go to the polling units again for the by-elections.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is expected to take place in the 16 states of the federation, with 2 senatorial, 5 federal house of representatives and 9 state assembly seats available for voting.<\/p>\n \u201cKindly note that the Labour Party has no candidates recognised by INEC due to the internal crisis.<\/p>\n \u201cI humbly urge every member of the Obidient and COPDEM families to go out and vote for the coalition political party, the African Democratic Congress (ADC), in their respective states.<\/p>\n \u201cThe struggle for Nigeria has started.\u201d<\/p>\n LP candidates had emerged from primaries conducted by the Julius Abure-led national working committee (NWC) amid a leadership crisis within the party.<\/p>\n On August 5, the Nenadi Usman faction of the LP commended INEC for excluding the list of candidates submitted by Abure\u2019s leadership.<\/p>\n The rival group also described the development as a relief, adding that the electoral body is expected to recognise and publish the authentic list of candidates submitted by the lawful leadership of the party.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n