{"id":174319,"date":"2025-08-14T21:26:45","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T20:26:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/obidients-vow-to-resist-any-plot-against-obi"},"modified":"2025-08-14T22:44:54","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T21:44:54","slug":"obidients-vow-to-resist-any-plot-against-obi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/obidients-vow-to-resist-any-plot-against-obi","title":{"rendered":"Obidients Vow to Resist Any Plot Against Obi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Supporters of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general election, Peter Obi, have vowed to resist any plot to stop their principal from being on the 2027 presidential ballot.<\/p>\n<p>The supporters, popularly known as the Obidients, stated this in response to a boast by the Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Policy Communication, Daniel Bwala, that Obi would not get the ticket of any party in 2027.<\/p>\n<p>Bwala had made the claims in an interview on Channels Television on Wednesday, where he said that Obi would only serve as a Director-General in the coalition-backed African Democratic Congress, ADC.<\/p>\n<p>The presidential aide had also claimed that Obi lost 50% of his voters in 2023 and that Tinubu would get more than the value of the vote he got.<\/p>\n<p>In a quick response, however, one of the State Coordinating Council Collegiate team members of the movement in Abia, Dr Chibuzor Obiesili, said the emphatic statement by Bwala that Obi would not get any party\u2019s ticket is suspicious.<\/p>\n<p>While challenging the presidency to come clean on the suspicious remark or be held accountable for it, Obiesili vowed that the Obidients Movement would stoutly resist any attempt to undermine Obi\u2019s 2027 presidential ambition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIs Bwala now telling Nigerians that the presidency determines who gets a party ticket in 2027? Obiesili queried.<\/p>\n<p>He also faulted Bwala\u2019s claims that Obi lost 50% of his South East voters, dismissing the claims as \u201cwishful thinking and empty political hallucination\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. Supporters of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general election, Peter Obi, have vowed to resist any plot to stop their principal from being on the 2027 presidential ballot. 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