Presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023election, Peter Obi, has urged his supporters to vote for the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in the forthcoming by-elections.
Obi, who said this in a post on his verified X handle on Thursday, revealed that his decision was due to the ongoing international crisis in the Labour Party, which has resulted in the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), not recognising any candidate from the party for the elections.
“On the 16th of August 2025, Nigerians will go to the polling units again for the by-elections,” Obi wrote.
“This is expected to take place in the 16 states of the federation, with 2 senatorial, 5 federal house of representatives and 9 state assembly seats available for voting.
“Kindly note that the Labour Party has no candidates recognised by INEC due to the internal crisis.
“I humbly urge every member of the Obidient and COPDEM families to go out and vote for the coalition political party, the African Democratic Congress (ADC), in their respective states.
“The struggle for Nigeria has started.”
The electoral umpire excluded the names of LP candidates from its list on August 2—a move that prompted a protest march to the commission’s Abuja headquarters last week.
The candidates had emerged from primaries conducted by the Julius Abure-led National Working Committee (NWC) amid a leadership crisis within the party.
On August 5, the Nenadi Usman faction of the LP commended INEC for excluding the list of candidates submitted by Abure’s leadership.
The rival group also described the development as a relief, adding that the electoral body is expected to recognise and publish the authentic list of candidates submitted by the lawful leadership of the party.
