Anambra government accuses Peter Obi of seeking to undermine APGA, urging supporters to defend the party ahead of 2027.
The Anambra State Government has urged supporters of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) to defend the party and resist the New Democratic Congress (NDC) ahead of the 2027 elections.
The state government made the call in a post titled “A Betrayal Alert for Ndi APGA” published on Monday via X, accusing former Anambra governor and NDC presidential candidate Peter Obi of working to undermine APGA since 2014.
“A vote for Peter Obi and the NDC is a vote to kill APGA,” the government said.
It alleged that Obi had “one mission” since 2014 — to destroy APGA, the party that produced him as governor of Anambra State.
The government further claimed that while President Bola Tinubu supported APGA in 2025, Obi backed efforts to undermine the party.
“Do not be deceived by a man who abandoned his own house. Anambra is APGA. Ndi APGA, defend your home. Resist the NDC,” it said.
Obi served as governor of Anambra State from March 2006 to March 2014, although his first term was interrupted by his impeachment in November 2006. He formally left APGA in October 2014 and joined the Peoples Democratic Party.
He later left the PDP in May 2022 to contest the 2023 presidential election on the platform of the Labour Party, finishing third behind Atiku Abubakar of the PDP and Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress, who was declared the winner.
In December 2025, Obi left the Labour Party and joined the African Democratic Congress. Nearly five months later, he and former New Nigeria Peoples Party presidential candidate Rabiu Kwankwaso formally announced their defection to the NDC.
The latest political dispute comes amid a separate disagreement between Obi and the Anambra State Government over debts allegedly incurred by previous administrations.
The controversy began on September 14 when Anambra Commissioner for Finance, Izuchukwu Okafor, said the state government was still repaying loans obtained by previous administrations, including those of Obi and former governor Willie Obiano.
Obi subsequently rejected the claim, saying he left office without outstanding debts in the state. He also said his administration did not owe salaries, pensions or contractors during his tenure and that he left N2.1 billion in ecological funds for the state.
Two days later, the Anambra State Government released details of what it described as external debt inherited from Obi’s administration.
The state’s Commissioner for Information and Value Reorientation, Law Mefor, said Obi left $123.77 million in debt when he concluded his tenure.
Mefor also disputed Obi’s claim concerning the N2.1 billion ecological funds, saying there was no evidence that the money was kept in First Bank.
