Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 elections, has implored his supporters to vote for the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in the forthcoming by-elections.

In a post published via his X page on Thursday, Obi, a member of the ADC-led coalition, said his decision was due to the LP having no candidates recognised by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on the ballot amid an internal crisis.

“On the 16th of August 2025, Nigerians will go to the polling units again for the by-elections,” Obi wrote.

“This is expected to take place in the 16 states of the federation, with 2 senatorial, 5 federal house of representatives and 9 state assembly seats available for voting.

“Kindly note that the Labour Party has no candidates recognised by INEC due to the internal crisis.

“I humbly urge every member of the Obidient and COPDEM families to go out and vote for the coalition political party, the African Democratic Congress (ADC), in their respective states.

“The struggle for Nigeria has started.”

The electoral umpire excluded the names of LP candidates from its list on August 2. This move prompted a protest march to the commission’s Abuja headquarters last week.