{"id":198576,"date":"2026-04-08T19:15:06","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T18:15:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/inec-rejects-one-party-system-in-nigeria"},"modified":"2026-04-08T20:39:01","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T19:39:01","slug":"inec-rejects-one-party-system-in-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/inec-rejects-one-party-system-in-nigeria","title":{"rendered":"Inec Rejects One-Party System in Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Chieftains of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, on Wednesday warned President Bola Tinubu against turning Nigeria into a one-party state.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on behalf of the party during the OccupyINEC protest in Abuja, Peter Obi said the Tinubu administration is destroying democratic governance in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>The former Labour Party\u2019s presidential candidate said: \u201cWe are simply holding a peaceful demonstration to say that we cannot have a one-party system in our country. It is a democratic nation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are appealing to those in government: do not destroy our democracy. We need it for our children and for generations to come. Nigerians must have the freedom to choose who leads them. This is critical for our country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On his part, former Minister of Transportation and ex-Rivers State governor, Rotimi Amaechi, accused Tinubu\u2019s administration of forcing hunger on Nigerians.<\/p>\n<p>Amaechi warned that Tinubu would lose the 2027 presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cImagine a president who came to power and the first thing he did was to change the national anthem&#8230; and gave us hunger. He said he would give us roads; up till now, they have not given us roads. The money is gone. By the grace of God, they will lose the election,\u201d Amaechi 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. Chieftains of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, on Wednesday warned President Bola Tinubu against turning Nigeria into a one-party state. Speaking on behalf of the party during the OccupyINEC protest in Abuja, Peter Obi said the Tinubu administration is destroying democratic governance in Nigeria. The former Labour Party\u2019s presidential candidate said: \u201cWe [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":198575,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,16],"tags":[254],"class_list":["post-198576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-parties","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 Rejects One-Party System in Nigeria - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Chieftains of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, on Wednesday warned President Bola Tinubu against turning Nigeria in ...\" \/>\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\/parties\/inec-rejects-one-party-system-in-nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Inec Rejects One-Party System in Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Chieftains of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, on Wednesday warned President Bola Tinubu against turning Nigeria in ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/inec-rejects-one-party-system-in-nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-04-08T18:15:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-04-08T19:39:01+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/04\/sm_1775676976.617667.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"415\" \/>\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\/parties\/inec-rejects-one-party-system-in-nigeria#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/inec-rejects-one-party-system-in-nigeria\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Inec Rejects One-Party System in Nigeria\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-04-08T18:15:06+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-08T19:39:01+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/inec-rejects-one-party-system-in-nigeria\"},\"wordCount\":219,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/inec-rejects-one-party-system-in-nigeria#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/04\/sm_1775676976.617667.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Parties\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/inec-rejects-one-party-system-in-nigeria#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/inec-rejects-one-party-system-in-nigeria\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/inec-rejects-one-party-system-in-nigeria\",\"name\":\"Inec Rejects One-Party System in Nigeria - 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