{"id":171807,"date":"2025-07-30T23:20:35","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T22:20:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/peter-obi-not-card-carrying-member-of-adc"},"modified":"2025-07-31T00:30:17","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T23:30:17","slug":"peter-obi-not-card-carrying-member-of-adc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/peter-obi-not-card-carrying-member-of-adc","title":{"rendered":"Peter Obi Not Card-Carrying Member of ADC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The African Democratic Congress, ADC, has confirmed that the Labour Party\u2019s presidential candidate in the 2023 election is not a card-carrying member of their party.<\/p>\n<p>ADC spokesman, Bolaji Abdullahi, revealed this while speaking on Channels Television on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<p>Abdullahi, however, insisted that Obi was part of their coalition from the first day.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeter Obi has been part of the coalition from day one.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe has attended almost every meeting of the coalition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe reason Peter Obi has not come into the ADC as a card-carrying member is because he asked for leave to allow him complete the election that his people were involved in Labour Party.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe same thing applies to Mallam Nasir El-Rufai. And they were both allowed by the leadership to complete the election processes that they started in their respective parties.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeter Obi is a member of the coalition, but not a card-carrying member of the ADC.\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. The African Democratic Congress, ADC, has confirmed that the Labour Party\u2019s presidential candidate in the 2023 election is not a card-carrying member of their party. ADC spokesman, Bolaji Abdullahi, revealed this while speaking on Channels Television on Wednesday night. 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