The Anambra State Government has called on supporters of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) to defend the party. It charged them to resist the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) ahead of the 2027 elections. This was in a pointed message aimed at former governor Peter Obi.
The message, titled “A Betrayal Alert for Ndi APGA,” was posted on Monday, October 5, 2026, on the government’s official X account, which is run by the New Media office of Governor Chukwuma Soludo.
It accuses Obi, the NDC’s presidential candidate, of working against the party that produced him as governor since 2014. 
What Anambra government urged APGA supporters to do
In the post, the government said a vote for Peter Obi and the NDC amounts to a vote to kill APGA. It told supporters not to be deceived by “a man who abandoned his own house” and declared, “Anambra is APGA.”
It also claimed that Obi backed efforts against the party at a time when President Bola Tinubu was supporting it.
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The post drew mixed reactions on X, with some users backing APGA and others criticising the government and defending Obi. At the time of the reports, neither Obi nor his team had responded to the betrayal claim.
The NDC, however, did respond. In a statement attributed to an official identified as Theo Abu Agada, the party said the Anambra government is threatened by Obi’s growing popularity.
It predicted a big NDC win in the state and accused the government of resorting to “cheap blackmail” instead of engaging his governance record.
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The debt dispute between APGA & Peter Obi
The post follows a separate dispute that began on September 14, when Anambra’s Commissioner for Finance, Izuchukwu Okafor, said the state was still repaying loans taken by earlier administrations. According to him, this included those of Obi and former governor Willie Obiano.
On September 16, Information Commissioner Law Mefor said Obi left $123.77 million in external debt.
Peter Obi, however, rejected that framing. He argued that the eight facilities were largely World Bank and IFAD programmes negotiated by the Federal Government and accessed by states through subsidiary arrangements. He added that Anambra’s recorded external debt was about $30 million in March 2014. Hence, the state could not have inherited $123.77 million.
On September 26, the state government said the loans were eight International Development Association (World Bank) facilities. It said $92.35 million, about N127.37 billion, remained outstanding as of June 30, 2026, according to the Debt Management Office (DMO).
DMO records reportedly show Anambra’s external debt rose during Obi’s tenure but are far lower than the government’s figure, putting it at $30.32 million at the end of 2013.
The state also disputed Obi’s claim that he left N2.1 billion in ecological funds. It cited a First Bank letter, saying the account he mentioned was an internally generated revenue (IGR) account.
Peter Obi & his political journey
Obi governed Anambra from March 2006 to March 2014 under APGA, with his first term interrupted by an impeachment in November 2006. He left APGA in October 2014 for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). However, he quit the PDP in May 2022 to run in 2023 on the Labour Party platform, finishing third.
In December 2025 he moved to the African Democratic Congress (ADC). Nearly five months later he and Rabiu Kwankwaso announced their move to the NDC.
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