{"id":198505,"date":"2026-04-06T18:15:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T17:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/inecs-plot-against-peter-obis-presidential-bid"},"modified":"2026-04-06T19:20:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T18:20:43","slug":"inecs-plot-against-peter-obis-presidential-bid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/inecs-plot-against-peter-obis-presidential-bid","title":{"rendered":"Inec&#8217;s Plot Against Peter Obi&#8217;s Presidential Bid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Obidient Movement has accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) of plotting to deny a chieftain of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Peter Obi a platform ahead of the 2027 presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>National Coordinator of the movement, Yunusa Tanko, alleged that the delisting of the ADC by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) was part of a broader strategy to prevent Peter Obi from contesting in the next presidential poll.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking with journalists, Tanko claimed the alleged plan had been in motion since the 2023 general election, describing it as a serious threat to Nigeria\u2019s democracy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis underhanded plan has been in motion since the 2023 election, deliberately injecting crises into Obi\u2019s former party, the Labour Party, to prevent him from securing a foothold.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDespite Obi\u2019s relentless efforts to restore peace, government infiltrators aided by a compromised judiciary consistently thwarted these attempts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter aligning with the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and bringing renewed energy to the party, the ruling party escalated its sabotage, pursuing legislative changes that led to a damaging amendment to the Electoral Act, explicitly designed to pressure the ADC and undermine Obi\u2019s presidential ambitions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cObi\u2019s visit on March 22, 2026, to former Kano Governor and 2023 NNPP presidential candidate Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, where he was warmly received by Kwankwasiyya members, only intensified the ruling party\u2019s hostility.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe tipping point came at the ADC\u2019s massive rally in Kano on March 30, 2026, where Kwankwaso officially joined the ADC.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn a desperate move, the government manipulated INEC to reinterpret an Appeal Court ruling, leading to the delisting of the ADC\u2019s leadership,\u201d he said.<\/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 Obidient Movement has accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) of plotting to deny a chieftain of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Peter Obi a platform ahead of the 2027 presidential election. National Coordinator of the movement, Yunusa Tanko, alleged that the delisting of the ADC by the Independent National Electoral Commission [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":198504,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[254],"class_list":["post-198505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-nigeria"],"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>Inec&#039;s Plot Against Peter Obi&#039;s Presidential Bid - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Obidient Movement has accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) of plotting to deny a chieftain of the African Dem ...\" \/>\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\/inecs-plot-against-peter-obis-presidential-bid\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Inec&#039;s Plot Against Peter Obi&#039;s Presidential Bid\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Obidient Movement has accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) of plotting to deny a chieftain of the African Dem ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/inecs-plot-against-peter-obis-presidential-bid\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-04-06T17:15:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-04-06T18:20:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/04\/sm_1775499590.917376.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=\"2 minutes\" \/>\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\/inecs-plot-against-peter-obis-presidential-bid#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/inecs-plot-against-peter-obis-presidential-bid\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Inec&#8217;s Plot Against Peter Obi&#8217;s Presidential Bid\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-04-06T17:15:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-06T18:20:43+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/inecs-plot-against-peter-obis-presidential-bid\"},\"wordCount\":286,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/inecs-plot-against-peter-obis-presidential-bid#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/04\/sm_1775499590.917376.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/inecs-plot-against-peter-obis-presidential-bid#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/inecs-plot-against-peter-obis-presidential-bid\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/inecs-plot-against-peter-obis-presidential-bid\",\"name\":\"Inec's Plot Against Peter Obi's Presidential Bid - 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