{"id":157136,"date":"2025-03-29T11:17:51","date_gmt":"2025-03-29T10:17:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/im-not-a-member-peter-obi-denies-joining-apc"},"modified":"2025-04-04T14:32:19","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T13:32:19","slug":"im-not-a-member-peter-obi-denies-joining-apc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/im-not-a-member-peter-obi-denies-joining-apc","title":{"rendered":"I\u2019m not a member \u2013 Peter Obi denies joining APC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Former Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has refuted claims of defecting to the All Progressives Congress, APC.<\/p>\n<p>Obi, a former governor of Anambra State, said he has no intention of joining the ruling APC.<\/p>\n<p>Posting on X, he distanced himself from any involvement in an APC gathering.<\/p>\n<p>Obi assured that he does not involve himself in toxic politics, blackmail, or any form of political manipulation.<\/p>\n<p>According to Obi: \u201cI have come across a report circulating on social media regarding an APC gathering where my name was mentioned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet me make it unequivocally clear: I do not engage in toxic politics, blackmail, or any form of political manipulation. My name should not be associated with such narratives.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor the avoidance of doubt, both now and in the future, I am not a member of the APC, nor am I an intending member. My stance on politics has always been rooted in integrity, fairness, and issue-based engagement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI firmly believe that all political parties should assess aspirants solely on their competence, capacity, and compassion \u2014 qualities essential for building a better Anambra and a better Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs for Valentine Ozigbo, I maintain that he, like every other aspirant, should be evaluated based on these key leadership qualities in his new political party.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wish all political parties the very best in conducting free and fair primaries, and I call on all stakeholders to uphold justice throughout the process. We must reject toxic politics, for that is the only path to achieving the democratic nation we currently lack.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy doing so, we will move closer to the new Nigeria we seek.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Former Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has refuted claims of defecting to the All Progressives Congress, APC. Obi, a former governor of Anambra State, said he has no intention of joining the ruling APC. Posting on X, he distanced himself from any involvement in an APC gathering. Obi assured that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":157135,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[34,254,222],"class_list":["post-157136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-apc","tag-nigeria","tag-peter-obi"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>I\u2019m not a member \u2013 Peter Obi denies joining APC - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Former Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has refuted claims of defecting to the All Progressives Cong ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/im-not-a-member-peter-obi-denies-joining-apc\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"I\u2019m not a member \u2013 Peter Obi denies joining APC\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Former Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has refuted claims of defecting to the All Progressives Cong ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/im-not-a-member-peter-obi-denies-joining-apc\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-03-29T10:17:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-04-04T13:32:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/03\/sm_1743238731.400168.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/im-not-a-member-peter-obi-denies-joining-apc#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/im-not-a-member-peter-obi-denies-joining-apc\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"I\u2019m not a member \u2013 Peter Obi denies joining APC\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-03-29T10:17:51+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-04-04T13:32:19+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/im-not-a-member-peter-obi-denies-joining-apc\"},\"wordCount\":291,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/im-not-a-member-peter-obi-denies-joining-apc#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/03\/sm_1743238731.400168.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"APC\",\"Nigeria\",\"Peter Obi\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/im-not-a-member-peter-obi-denies-joining-apc#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/im-not-a-member-peter-obi-denies-joining-apc\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/im-not-a-member-peter-obi-denies-joining-apc\",\"name\":\"I\u2019m not a member \u2013 Peter Obi denies joining APC - 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