Onitsha, Abuja, NIGERIA — Former Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi has officially announced his resignation from the African Democratic Congress (ADC). The announcement, made on Sunday, marks the end of his brief tenure with the party he joined in late 2025 as part of a grand opposition coalition alongside Alhaji Atiku Abubakar.
In his statement, Obi described the Nigerian political environment as “increasingly toxic,” alleging that the same “agents of the state” who destabilized the Labour Party have now infiltrated the ADC. He cited endless court cases, internal battles, and a culture of “control and exclusion” as the primary drivers for his departure.
Okay News reports that while Obi reaffirmed his respect for ADC National Chairman Senator David Mark and Atiku Abubakar, he expressed a profound sense of being treated as “an outsider in one’s own home.”
Addressing long-standing criticisms, Obi dismissed labels of “stinginess,” reframing his fiscal conservatism as the prudent management of resources for critical sectors like education and healthcare. He emphasized that his political ambition is not rooted in a desire for titles such as President or Senate President, but in a “desperation” to see a Nigeria where mothers do not mourn kidnapped children and citizens do not live in IDP camps.
The timing of this resignation comes just days after the Supreme Court reaffirmed Senator David Mark’s leadership but left substantive legal challenges pending.
