Former Anambra State governor, Peter Obi, and his Kano State counterpart, Musa Kwankwaso, have formally joined the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC).
Obi, who was the 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), and Kwankwaso, a former presidential candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), received the NDC membership cards amid cheers from supporters, shortly after a closed-door meeting with leaders of the NDC.
The two leaders, who defected from the African Democratic Congress (ADC), were welcomed into the party by a former Governor of Bayelsa State and national leader of the party, Seriake Dickson.
Kwankwaso (left) and Obi (right) in Abuja on Sunday, May 3, 2026.
This comes amid ongoing political realignments among opposition figures ahead of the 2027 general elections.
Addressing party leaders, members and supporters, the former Anambra governor called on the Federal Government not to transfer political crises to the NDC.
He also while appealing for a free democratic space, without Federal Government interference.
“Please, let there be no litigation. Party members, please, don’t go to court. What we want is a party. Women and children will be proud of this party.
‘This party will form a government that will rescue Nigeria, will form a government to ensure that Nigerians can live in Nigeria without living in fear, to ensure that a mother will no longer cry for a child that left for school and will not return,” the former governor said.
“We will ensure that Nigerians will no longer go to bed in their millions, not knowing where the next meal will come from the next day.
“We don’t want to spend our time in litigation and fighting ourselves. We want to spend our time dealing with issues that affect the ordinary Nigerian,” he added.
Obi appealed to Nigerians and his supporters to “do everything possible” to join the party.
Kwankwaso called on all Nigerians to register with the NDC as soon as possible.
He declared that his camp had commenced registration immediately.
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