Peter Obi condemns court ruling against ADC leadership

Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, reacted to a Federal High Court ruling in Abuja that nullified the emergence of the Chairman of the African Democratic Congress and all actions taken by him. Obi described the judgment as shocking and unsettling, warning that such uncertainty could undermine the democratic process just three months before the general elections.

He did not challenge the court's authority but expressed concern about the timing of the ruling, alleging it was engineered by the ruling All Progressives Congress to destabilize opposition parties and restrict political competition. Obi linked this situation to his own experiences with leadership crises in the Labour Party, claiming similar tactics were being used to frustrate opposition campaigns.

He emphasized that voters, not courts, should determine leadership and called for the protection of opposition politics to maintain democratic integrity, especially as military rule spreads in parts of West Africa.