The Anambra State government has urged supporters of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) to defend the party and resist the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) ahead of the 2027 general elections.
The call was made in a post titled “A Betrayal Alert for Ndi APGA,” published on the state government’s official X account on Monday.
In the post, the government alleged that Peter Obi, former governor of Anambra State and presidential candidate of the NDC, has worked against APGA since leaving the party in 2014. The government declared: “A vote for Peter Obi and the NDC is a vote to kill APGA.”
It further alleged: “Since 2014, Obi has had one mission: to destroy the party that made him. In 2025, while President Tinubu stood with APGA, Obi backed opposition to bury us.”
The government also urged APGA supporters not to abandon the party for Obi, saying: “Do not be deceived by a man who abandoned his own house. Anambra is APGA. Ndi APGA, defend your home. Resist the NDC.”
The statement adds to recent political exchanges between the Anambra government and Obi, who governed the state on the platform of APGA before leaving the party in 2014. The statement was published on the state government’s official X account.
Obi became governor of Anambra in March 2006 and served until March 2014, although his first tenure was interrupted by his impeachment in November 2006.
He formally left APGA in October 2014 and joined the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). He later resigned from the PDP in May 2022 and joined the Labour Party, on whose platform he contested the 2023 presidential election. Obi finished third in the 2023 election behind Atiku Abubakar of the PDP and Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who was declared the winner.
In December 2025, Obi left the Labour Party and joined the African Democratic Congress (ADC). The ADC formally announced his entry into the party on December 31, 2025. He subsequently aligned with the NDC ahead of the 2027 presidential election.
The latest confrontation comes amid an ongoing disagreement over financial obligations associated with projects and programmes implemented during his tenure as governor. The dispute became public in September when the state Commissioner for Finance, Izuchukwu Okafor, said the government was still servicing loans obtained by previous administrations, including those of Obi and former governor Willie Obiano.
Obi rejected the claim, maintaining that he left office without outstanding obligations of the nature alleged by the state government. He said his administration did not owe salaries, pensions or contractors when he left office and also claimed that it left N2.1 billion in ecological funds for the state.
The Anambra government subsequently challenged Obi’s account. In a statement issued on September 16, the state Commissioner for Information and Value Reorientation, Law Mefor, said Obi left behind $123.77 million in external debt when he concluded his tenure. The figure, according to subsequent reporting, relates to eight external facilities associated with projects undertaken during Obi’s administration.
Mefor also disputed Obi’s claim concerning the N2.1 billion ecological fund, saying there was no evidence that the money had been kept in First Bank.
Obi has rejected the characterisation of the $123.77 million as debt personally incurred by him, arguing that the financing was largely connected to development programmes involving the World Bank and the International Fund for Agricultural Development. He also said he did not personally approach any financial institution to borrow money or issue a bond on behalf of Anambra State.
The state government’s latest statement shifts the dispute from the financial disagreement to the broader political relationship between Obi and APGA, as both sides position themselves ahead of the 2027 elections.
