{"id":176332,"date":"2025-08-27T22:29:20","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T21:29:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/adibe-warns-obi-on-adc-coalition-suspicion"},"modified":"2025-08-27T23:36:50","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T22:36:50","slug":"adibe-warns-obi-on-adc-coalition-suspicion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/adibe-warns-obi-on-adc-coalition-suspicion","title":{"rendered":"Adibe Warns Obi on ADC Coalition Suspicion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Political science professor, Jideofor Adibe has urged Peter Obi, the Labour Party\u2019s 2023 presidential flagbearer, to approach the African Democratic Congress (ADC) coalition with caution as he prepares for the 2027 elections.<\/p>\n<p>Adibe gave the advice while speaking on Channels Television\u2019s The Morning Brief on Tuesday, just a day after the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) announced that its 2027 presidential ticket would be zoned to the South.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wouldn\u2019t want to advise Peter Obi; he has his own advisors. At the end, he has to make his own decisions, but if I were him, I would be extremely suspicious,\u201d Adibe said.<\/p>\n<p>Adibe described Obi as someone who does not take decisions at face value; he usually has an alternative plan in mind.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, every political move requires careful thought.<\/p>\n<p>He explained that it was Obi\u2019s responsibility to listen to his political strategists and weigh their advice, noting that every major political announcement usually sets off different scenarios and calculations<\/p>\n<p>The professor added that politics in Nigeria is unpredictable.<\/p>\n<p>He likened the political situation to a chess game, saying outcomes are uncertain.<\/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. Political science professor, Jideofor Adibe has urged Peter Obi, the Labour Party\u2019s 2023 presidential flagbearer, to approach the African Democratic Congress (ADC) coalition with caution as he prepares for the 2027 elections. Adibe gave the advice while speaking on Channels Television\u2019s The Morning Brief on Tuesday, just a day after the Peoples [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":176331,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[118,254,222],"class_list":["post-176332","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-adc","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>Adibe Warns Obi on ADC Coalition Suspicion - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Political science professor, Jideofor Adibe has urged Peter Obi, the Labour Party\u2019s 2023 presidential flagbearer, to app ...\" \/>\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\/adibe-warns-obi-on-adc-coalition-suspicion\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Adibe Warns Obi on ADC Coalition Suspicion\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Political science professor, Jideofor Adibe has urged Peter Obi, the Labour Party\u2019s 2023 presidential flagbearer, to app ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/adibe-warns-obi-on-adc-coalition-suspicion\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-08-27T21:29:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-08-27T22:36:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/sm_1756321754.93288.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1159\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"862\" \/>\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\/adibe-warns-obi-on-adc-coalition-suspicion#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/adibe-warns-obi-on-adc-coalition-suspicion\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Adibe Warns Obi on ADC Coalition Suspicion\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-27T21:29:20+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-08-27T22:36:50+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/adibe-warns-obi-on-adc-coalition-suspicion\"},\"wordCount\":203,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/adibe-warns-obi-on-adc-coalition-suspicion#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/sm_1756321754.93288.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"ADC\",\"Nigeria\",\"Peter Obi\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/adibe-warns-obi-on-adc-coalition-suspicion#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/adibe-warns-obi-on-adc-coalition-suspicion\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/adibe-warns-obi-on-adc-coalition-suspicion\",\"name\":\"Adibe Warns Obi on ADC Coalition Suspicion - 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