2027: We’ll Win Big In Anambra – NDC Fires Back At Soludo

The Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) has dismissed the Anambra State Government’s call on supporters of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) to reject the party ahead of the 2027 elections.

This was just as the NDC said the position of the state government was driven by concern over the growing popularity of its presidential candidate, Peter Obi, in Anambra State and beyond.

Politics Nigeria reports that the party’s Director of New Media and Strategic Communications, Theo Abu Agada, stated this in a post on his X account on Monday.

Agada declared that the NDC would “win big” in Anambra, insisting that the state government and APGA could not prevent the party from making gains in the state.

He said, “It is now clear, even to the blind, that the Anambra State Government is threatened by the growing popularity of our presidential candidate, H.E. Peter Obi, and the NDC in Anambra State and beyond.

“I understand this mad obsession. The NDC is going to win big in Anambra, and there is nothing Soludo and his minions in APGA can do about it.”

According to him, the criticism of Obi and the NDC followed an inability to challenge the former Anambra governor over his record in office.

“Since they cannot challenge H.E. Peter Obi on governance records, they have resorted to cheap blackmail,” he added.

Agada’s comments followed a statement by the Anambra State Government led by Charles Soludo urging APGA supporters to resist the NDC ahead of the 2027 elections.

The state government, in a post titled “A Betrayal Alert for Ndi APGA” published on its X account on Monday, alleged that Obi had worked against APGA since leaving the party in 2014.

“A vote for Peter Obi and the NDC is a vote to kill APGA,” the government stated.

It further alleged that Obi’s objective since 2014 had been to undermine APGA, accusing him of backing opposition against the party in 2025.

The government urged APGA supporters to defend the party and reject the NDC.

Politics Nigeria reports that the exchange comes amid an ongoing dispute between Obi and the Anambra State Government over the state’s financial position when he left office as governor in 2014.

The controversy began on September 14 after the Anambra State Commissioner for Finance, Izuchukwu Okafor, said the state was still repaying loans obtained by previous administrations, including those led by Obi and former governor Willie Obiano.

Obi rejected the claim, maintaining that he did not leave any outstanding debt when his tenure ended.

He also said his administration left no unpaid salaries, pensions or contractors and claimed that N2.1 billion in ecological funds remained for the state.

The state government subsequently released details of the external debt it said was inherited from Obi.

Law Mefor, the Commissioner for Information and Value Reorientation, said Obi left $123.77 million in debt at the end of his tenure.

Mefor also disputed Obi’s claim about the ecological funds, saying there was no evidence that the N2.1 billion was kept in First Bank.

It is understood that Obi served as governor of Anambra from March 2006 to March 2014, with his first tenure interrupted by his impeachment in November 2006.

He formally left APGA in October 2014 and joined the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) before later leaving the PDP in May 2022 to contest the 2023 presidential election on the platform of the Labour Party.