{"id":71714,"date":"2025-07-30T11:06:22","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T11:06:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=71714"},"modified":"2025-07-30T12:33:52","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T12:33:52","slug":"peter-obi-denies-defection-rumors-reaffirms-labour-party-loyalty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/07\/30\/peter-obi-denies-defection-rumors-reaffirms-labour-party-loyalty\/","title":{"rendered":"Peter Obi Denies Defection Rumors, Reaffirms Labour Party Loyalty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Anifowose Oladipupo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Peter Obi, 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, has denied viral claims suggesting he plans to defect to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) or the African Democratic Congress (ADC).<\/p>\n<p>In a press statement released Wednesday via his media aide, Umar Ibrahim, Obi labeled the circulating posts as false and misleading, saying he has not held talks with either party nor accepted any political appointment.<\/p>\n<p>One viral fake claimed Obi had ruled out returning to the PDP and pledged allegiance to the ADC. Another falsely alleged he accepted the role of National Organising Secretary within the ADC as part of a realignment ahead of 2027.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese are desperate attempts to distract the public and create confusion,\u201d Ibrahim stated, reaffirming that Obi remains committed to good governance and electoral reforms under the Labour Party.<\/p>\n<p>The team urged Nigerians to verify political claims and only trust announcements made through Obi\u2019s verified social media platforms and official channels.<\/p>\n<p>This clarification comes amid heightened political shifts as the 2027 elections draw near. Despite speculations, Obi\u2019s recent activities focus on youth empowerment and national development rather than partisan maneuvering.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Anifowose Oladipupo &nbsp; Peter Obi, 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, has denied viral claims suggesting he plans to defect to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) or the African Democratic Congress (ADC). In a press statement released Wednesday via his media aide, Umar Ibrahim, Obi labeled the circulating posts as false and misleading, saying he [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":71715,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172,186],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-politics"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71714","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71714"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71714\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71725,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71714\/revisions\/71725"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}