{"id":177921,"date":"2025-09-08T16:56:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T15:56:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/2027-sam-amadi-deji-adeyanju-clash-over-tinubu-peter-obi"},"modified":"2025-09-08T18:17:45","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T17:17:45","slug":"2027-sam-amadi-deji-adeyanju-clash-over-tinubu-peter-obi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2027-sam-amadi-deji-adeyanju-clash-over-tinubu-peter-obi","title":{"rendered":"2027: Sam Amadi, Deji Adeyanju clash over Tinubu, Peter Obi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Former Chairman of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, Dr. Sam Amadi has claimed that human rights lawyer Deji Adeyanju is a supporter of President Bola Tinubu.<\/p>\n<p>The claim followed Adeyanju\u2019s constant attacks on the presidential candidate of the Labour Party in 2023, Peter Obi.<\/p>\n<p>The controversial lawyer had in a series of posts on X warned that if the coalition of opposition leaders field Obi for the 2027 election, he (Deji) would vote for Tinubu.<\/p>\n<p>His stance had fueled speculations that he may be silently working for the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, but the lawyer had since denied that.<\/p>\n<p>Reacting to one of his provocative posts against Obi, Amadi wrote on X, \u201cYou are a Tinubu supporter; I am an Obi supporter. You have a good (personnel) reason for your support. You are within your right\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Sharing the post, Deji said Amadi\u2019s \u201ctears are tasty\u201d, insisting that if Obi should secure the presidential ticket of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, a party adopted by the coalition, he would not hesitate to cast his vote for APC.<\/p>\n<p>He wrote, \u201cYour tears are tasty the Doc, my able lecturer. I will openly vote Tinubu with my full chest if the opposition makes the mistake of presenting your candidate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will help Tinubu secure a second term the way you guys helped him in 2023 by dividing opposition votes.\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 Chairman of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, Dr. Sam Amadi has claimed that human rights lawyer Deji Adeyanju is a supporter of President Bola Tinubu. The claim followed Adeyanju\u2019s constant attacks on the presidential candidate of the Labour Party in 2023, Peter Obi. 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