{"id":890295,"date":"2026-02-05T03:22:18","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T09:22:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/05\/obis-defection-to-adc-excites-atiku\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T03:22:18","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T09:22:18","slug":"obis-defection-to-adc-excites-atiku","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/05\/obis-defection-to-adc-excites-atiku\/","title":{"rendered":"Obi\u2019s Defection To ADC Excites Atiku"},"content":{"rendered":"<article id=\"post-342061\">\n<div>\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/thewhistler.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Atiku.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thewhistler.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Atiku.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"600\" alt>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><figcaption>Former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar is excited by the defection of the former presidential candidate of the Labour Party to the African Democratic Congress (ADC).<\/p>\n<p>An elated Atiku, in a post on his X handle on Wednesday, said Obi\u2019s defection to the ADC marked a significant moment in the history of political coalitions in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Referring to Obi as \u201cmy brother and associate,\u201d he said it was a pleasure to welcome the former Anambra State governor into the opposition party.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is my pleasure to welcome him officially, as we look forward to a robust working relationship that will foster a virile opposition, one that will ultimately form a government capable of bringing prosperity and peace to our people.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd as the @ADCNig Coalition train leaves Enugu, the capital of the Southeast region, I hope this inspires other patriots to join the cause with the train headed in their direction,\u201d Atiku wrote.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a itemprop=\"url\" href=\"https:\/\/whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029Vb6YOGMIiRonAaArLb3x\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thewhistler.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/whistler-whatsapp-channel-banner.jpeg\" alt=\"Whatsapp Channel\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thewhistler.ng\/obis-defection-to-adc-excites-atiku\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar is excited by the defection of the former presidential candidate of the Labour Party to the African Democratic Congress (ADC). An elated Atiku, in a post on his X handle on Wednesday, said Obi\u2019s defection to the ADC marked a significant moment in<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":890296,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[130963,108663],"tags":[130962,108662],"class_list":{"0":"post-890295","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-defection","8":"category-obis","9":"tag-defection","10":"tag-obis"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/890295","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=890295"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/890295\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/890296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=890295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=890295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=890295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}