In a recent interview from 8:06 shared by Channels TV, former national chairman of the Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC), Peter Ameh, raised serious concerns about the current state of Nigeria’s electoral framework, warning that recent legislative amendments are being deliberately weaponized against Labour Party presidential candidate-turned-ADC and now NDC flagbearer, Peter Obi.
Ameh, who recently resigned from the Labour Party, spoke candidly about what he described as a calculated effort by certain political actors to frustrate Obi’s participation in the 2027 general elections. According to him, the sustained legal pressures and procedural bottlenecks surrounding Obi’s party movements are not coincidental but orchestrated.
“The target of all these amended laws, 21 days register, all these things is to stop Obi from being on the ballot,” he declared.
The former IPAC chairman further argued that Obi’s defection from the ADC to the NDC was driven by principle and not political convenience, stressing that party instability and threats to zoning agreements left his principal with little choice.
Ameh also dismissed growing criticism of Obi’s multiple party movements, insisting that every decision taken was consistent with the broader pursuit of equity, inclusivity, and rotational presidency ahead of Nigeria’s 2027 electoral contest….Read_More…