A social media post by ADC News, an account on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, has triggered fresh debate in Nigeria’s opposition politics after it claimed that Peter Gregory Obi, a former Governor of Anambra State in south-eastern Nigeria and the Labour Party’s presidential candidate in Nigeria’s 2023 election, is set to “return to Labour Party with all his structures.”
In the post, the account wrote: “Peter Obi to return to Labour Party with all his structures as his ally takes control of Labour Party. He has not resigned from LP.”
The claim surfaced the same day a Federal High Court in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, delivered a ruling on the long-running leadership dispute in the Labour Party, ordering Nigeria’s electoral umpire, the Independent National Electoral Commission, to recognise a caretaker leadership led by Senator Nenadi Usman, a former Finance Minister of Nigeria.
The court decision has reshaped the internal power balance inside the party, even as rival factions signal they may continue the battle through an appeal process.
However, the X post is not independently confirmed by official statements from Mr. Obi or recognised spokespeople speaking on his behalf, and it comes amid conflicting public accounts about his current political status.
Some recent reports and party statements have described Mr. Obi as having left the Labour Party for the African Democratic Congress, another Nigerian political party.
Separately, the Labour Party’s own online statements in late December 2025 also framed his move as a defection to the African Democratic Congress, language that contradicts the new claim that he “has not resigned.”
The court ruling, which several Nigerian outlets reported on Wednesday, has elevated Senator Usman’s committee as the recognised authority pending a national convention, a development that could influence any negotiations involving prominent opposition figures and their political “structures” ahead of Nigeria’s next general election cycle.