The Anambra State Government has urged the electorate to resist voting for the presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, Peter Obi, in the 2027 general election.
The PUNCH reports that the call was contained in a statement posted on the state government’s official X account, managed by the Office of the New Media to Governor Chukwuma Soludo, on Monday.
The government accused Obi of working to undermine the All Progressives Grand Alliance, the political party that produced him as governor of Anambra State, while alleging that President Bola Tinubu had supported APGA.
In a graphic describing Obi as a betrayal of APGA, the government wrote: “A betrayal alert for Ndi APGA. Since 2014, Obi has had one mission: to destroy the party that made him.”
It further alleged that Obi supported the opposition in 2015 while Tinubu stood with APGA, urging APGA supporters in the state to reject Obi and the NDC.
The statement read in part, “Do not be deceived by a man who abandoned his own house. Anambra is APGA. Ndi APGA, defend your home, resist the NDC.”
The development comes amid renewed political differences between Obi and Soludo ahead of the 2027 general election.
Soludo had earlier declared his support for Tinubu’s 2027 presidential bid, citing a longstanding friendship with the President and his assessment of the Federal Government’s economic reforms.
Speaking after a meeting with Tinubu at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, according to the report, Soludo said he supported the President and believed the country needed to remain on the path of economic and structural reforms.
The governor’s party, APGA, also announced in July that it had endorsed Tinubu for the 2027 presidential election.
APGA National Publicity Secretary, Ejimofor Opara, said the party’s National Executive Committee arrived at the decision after consultations, adding that the endorsement was in the overall interest of the country.
Meanwhile, Obi and Soludo have also disagreed over financial obligations linked to projects implemented during Obi’s tenure as governor of Anambra State.
Obi, in response, disputed the state government’s characterisation of the obligations as debts personally incurred by him, arguing that they largely arose from World Bank and International Fund for Agricultural Development programmes negotiated by the Federal Government and accessed by participating states through subsidiary arrangements.
He maintained that the figures being cited by the state government should be distinguished between amounts approved, amounts actually drawn and outstanding balances when he left office.
As of the time of the report, Obi and members of his team had not publicly responded to the state government’s latest allegation that he betrayed APGA.
