Peter Obi, the 2023 presidential candidate for the Labour Get together has rejected any try by the President Bola Tinubu-led administration to show Nigeria right into a one-party system.
Obi, in a press release on Wednesday, April 8, stated all members of the coalition occasion, the African Democratic Congress (ADC), wouldn’t stand by and watch democracy be trampled upon in Nigeria.
The assertion shared on X and personally signed by the previous Anambra State governor additionally urged Nigerians and all lovers of democracy to affix palms to withstand the plan to cripple opposition actions throughout the nation.
Obi’s assertion comes on the heels of controversies rocking the ADC, together with the derecognition of the David Mark-led management by the Impartial Nationwide Electoral Fee (INEC).
Leaders inside the ADC have additionally accused the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Tinubu authorities of their involvement within the disaster rocking the coalition occasion.
Obi stated, “We, members and leaders of the ADC, and different well-meaning Nigerians, lovers of democracy, are saying that our democracy should not be killed.
“We are saying NO to a one-party system and for that at present we’re calling out Nigerians who consider in unity, peace, and safety of our nation to affix us as we defend democracy in our land,” Obi stated.