Politics

APC Mocks Peter Obi After Polling Unit Loss in Anambra

ByTitilope Adako

PublishedNovember 9, 2025

Lagos State APC has mocked Labour Party presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, following reports that he lost his polling unit to the APC in the recent Anambra governorship election.

In a statement on Sunday, signed by its Publicity Secretary, Seye Oladejo, the party described Obi’s loss as a “public humiliation” and argued it exposed the “Obidient movement” as a social media illusion with little real political strength.

“The people who know Peter Obi best—his neighbours, his own community, his supposed natural base—have delivered an unmistakable judgment: We reject you. We don’t trust you. We have seen through you,” the statement said.

Oladejo claimed Obi’s political influence was built on an artificial foundation.

He argued that the loss at his polling unit revealed the weakness of the movement Obi leads and highlighted his declining clout in his home state.

“For years, Obi built his brand on self-righteous monologues, manufactured statistics, emotional manipulation, and a carefully cultivated aura of victimhood. He weaponized ignorance and sentiment to mislead the youth, pretending to be Nigeria’s political saviour while lacking the basic capacity to win at home.

“A man who cannot win his polling unit has no business dreaming of winning a country. A man who is rejected on his street cannot claim nationwide acceptance. A man whose strongest base has crumbled cannot sell the lie of a national movement,” Oladejo said.

The party dismissed any future presidential ambitions Obi may have as unrealistic, saying his electoral setback marked the collapse of the myth around him.

Oladejo also mocked Obi for allegedly seeking foreign sympathy after domestic defeats, urging him to face his political reality instead of blaming external factors.

“While President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is rebuilding institutions, fixing the economy, expanding infrastructure, attracting foreign investments, and restoring global confidence, Peter Obi is busy granting contradictory interviews, seeking international validation, and hiding behind hashtags that collapse at the ballot box,” the statement said.

The Lagos APC added that the result in Obi’s polling unit symbolised a wider national trend.

“The APC’s victory in his unit is symbolic, conclusive, and prophetic. It reflects the national mood: performance is triumphing over propaganda; structure is defeating chaos; delivery is destroying deception. Peter Obi should spare the nation further melodrama. Let him first repair the political damage at his doorstep before pretending he can repair Nigeria,” Oladejo concluded.

Obi remains one of Nigeria’s most vocal opposition figures. In 2023, he defeated APC candidate and incumbent President Bola Tinubu in Tinubu’s own polling unit and in Lagos State.

Titilope Adako

Titilope Adako is a talented and intrepid journalist, dedicated to shedding light on the untold stories of Osun State and Nigeria. Through incisive reporting, she tackles a broad spectrum of topics, from politics and social justice to culture and entertainment, with a commitment to accuracy, empathy, and inspiring positive change.