{"id":7300,"date":"2025-08-13T12:38:47","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T12:38:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/?p=7300"},"modified":"2025-08-13T12:38:47","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T12:38:47","slug":"obi-campaigns-for-adc-candidate-shuns-lp-in-anambra-by-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/index.php\/2025\/08\/13\/obi-campaigns-for-adc-candidate-shuns-lp-in-anambra-by-election\/","title":{"rendered":"Obi campaigns for ADC candidate, shuns LP in Anambra by-election"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Screenshot_20250813-132304-300x248.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"248\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Screenshot_20250813-132304-300x248.jpg 300w, https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Screenshot_20250813-132304.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\nBy James<br \/>\nKindly share:<\/p>\n<p>Peter Obi, the 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, has thrown his weight behind the candidate of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, instead of the candidate of his party.<\/p>\n<p>The former Anambra State Governor was spotted  wearing an African Democratic Congress (ADC) branded cap while campaigning for the party\u2019s candidate, Justina Azuka, in the Onitsha North State Constituency by-election coming up on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Azuka is widow the widow of the Labour Party lawmaker who was abducted and killed in December, 2024.<\/p>\n<p>She decided to contest on the ADC platform to complete her late husband&#8217;s abridged tenure.<\/p>\n<p>Obi has publicly declared his support for her candidature, in a statement posted on his social media pages, urging the constituents to vote for her.<\/p>\n<p>He wrote:<\/p>\n<p>Standing with Mrs. Azuka for Onitsha North 1 Constituency<\/p>\n<p>Today, I visited Mrs. Justina Azuka, who recently suffered the tragic and gruesome loss of her husband, Hon. Justice Azuka, at the hands of kidnappers.<\/p>\n<p>In the face of this unimaginable pain, Mrs. Azuka has chosen the path of service, stepping forward to contest the Onitsha North Constituency 1 seat in the House of Assembly, to serve the remaining 13 months of her late husband\u2019s tenure. She is a young mother of three \u2014 the eldest just 7 years old, and the others only 5 and 3.<\/p>\n<p>I have always maintained that leadership without compassion is meaningless. True leadership must balance competence with humanity. Mrs. Azuka is an HND graduate in Public Administration \u2014 qualified, competent, and a woman of strength, resilience, and commitment to serve.<\/p>\n<p>I call on all well-meaning citizens, at home and beyond, to rally behind her candidacy. Supporting her is not only an investment in competent representation but also a collective act of solidarity that will help ease the pain and heavy burden of her loss.<\/p>\n<p>She has my full support, and I urge us all to stand together to ensure that this capable and committed daughter of ours is elected on Saturday, 16 August 2025. In doing so, we send a clear message that in the new Nigeria, we will be compassionate, we will care for one another in times of difficulty, and we will uphold justice alongside competent leadership.<\/p>\n<p>A New Nigeria is POssible. -PO<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By James Kindly share: Peter Obi, the 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, has thrown his weight behind the candidate of&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7301,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[155],"class_list":["post-7300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-peter-obi"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Obi campaigns for ADC candidate, shuns LP in Anambra by-election - Panorama News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/index.php\/2025\/08\/13\/obi-campaigns-for-adc-candidate-shuns-lp-in-anambra-by-election\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Obi campaigns for ADC candidate, shuns LP in Anambra by-election - 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