African Democratic Congress has begun its registration in Anambra State, urging all intending members to move to their wards to participate in the exercise.
This is just as a presidential aspirant of the party, Mr Peter Obi, said that the entire South-East is in support of his ambition, insisting that people of the zone have the right to lead the country.
Obi, who addressed members during the kickoff of the registration, said stakeholders of the South-East are working with others to ensure that the zone produces the next President, who will rescue the country from bad governance.
He said, “On this journey, South-East is working as a family. All the notable political leaders are all here in ADC. We are all working together as a family, and we are discussing with other parts of the country.
“In this exercise, we are working to unite every opposition party, so you are going to see members of the political parties working with us and the aim is to make Nigeria a working place.
“We want Nigeria to be a secure country, not one that is the fifth insecure country in the world, and the number one country where no one wants to be born in.”
Obi also vowed to challenge the amended Electoral Act, saying it is targeted at the opposition.
He declared that the Independent National Electoral Commission cannot be dictating to parties which candidate to field, instead of concentrating on delivering credible election.
He added, “We have seen all the reviews of the Electoral Act, and INEC has no reason to dictate how parties should elect their candidates. Some of us are going to challenge it. They should focus on how to conduct an election. They should not choose to abandon their work as referee and then want to teach a coach how to select their players.
“Those who claimed to be democrats just yesterday are now the worst dictators. They are not talking about governance, they are now talking about snatching power and running with it again, as they did in 2023.
“We are now the country with the worst power problem, but what they are talking about is how to snatch and run with election results, but this time, we will not let them run. If they do, we will grab them. They will not be able to do it this time.”
Obi called for massive registration, saying, “We want to register as many people as possible because the election of 2027 will be against bad leadership.
“They will not say South-East has come again, or that South-East needs power, but they must understand that South-East is Nigeria and that we are a part of it and stakeholders too.
“We in South-East are saying that we want a new Nigeria and we are the only people you will find in every part of Nigeria with their own house and doing legitimate business.
“We want a Nigeria where we will put Nigerians out of poverty and we know we can be secure if we put people out of poverty.
“We want you all to become fishers of men. Do not fear about what they have, having this and having that, because if they do, they will not be afraid. They know what they have is fake and we will chase all of them out at once.”
Chairman of the ceremony, Senator Ben Obi said, “I want to assure that no one will be cheated. We all have one goal and the goal is to ensure that Peter Obi becomes the President.
“We all know that we are engaging with other parts of Nigeria to ensure this, but it would not be good for us to create problem for him in Anambra. Anambra must be his strongest base, and I want to say that we will make out time to ensure that every body in the party is pacified.
“We all have one goal and that is to see to the success of Peter Obi, and anyone doing otherwise is not helping the cause and we will not allow that to happen.”
Chairman of the Registration Committee, Benchuks Nwosu, revealed that 150 cards will be shared to each of the 326 wards, and the register is one per ward.
