US EditionNigeria: 2027 - the North Will Celebrate Me If Elected President, Peter Obi Tells Critics
NIGERIA, JUL 6 – Peter Obi rejects vice-presidential role rumors and aims to lead a coalition to unseat President Bola Tinubu in 2027, reaffirming his commitment to the Labour Party.
- Peter Obi, former Anambra governor and 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, affirmed his intention to contest Nigeria's 2027 presidency in a July 6, 2025 interview on Channels Television's Sunday Politics.
- Obi made this decision amid ongoing insecurity in the North, asserting that inclusive leadership and addressing the region's challenges are essential to national progress.
- He emphasized the North’s vast uncultivated lands as Nigeria’s greatest asset and promised to confront criminality there while restoring its economic vibrancy and industrial legacy.
- Obi stated, "We have voted for incompetence, we've voted for tribe, we've voted for religion; let's vote for competence," and pledged to govern lawfully and appoint competent officials.
- He predicted that if elected, the North will celebrate his presidency and that he would remove Bola Tinubu’s government through lawful means while revitalizing the region.
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Nigeria: 2027 - the North Will Celebrate Me If Elected President, Peter Obi Tells Critics
Labour Party's 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has made a passionate appeal for the trust of Northern Nigerians, promising that the region will celebrate him if elected president in 2027.
Peter Obi: The North will celebrate me if I become president
The Labour Party presidential flag-bearer in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, has declared that the North can trust him to bring development to the region if he becomes president in 2027. The former Anambra State Governor went further to say that the North would even celebrate him as President because he would utilise the region's vast natural resources judiciously. Obi, a prominent figure in the newly formed opposition coalition, which recently ad…
North will celebrate me if I'm President
Peter Obi, 2027 presidential aspirant and former Labour Party candidate in the 2023 general election, has stated that the northern region of Nigeria will celebrate him if he is elected president. Obi, a key figure in the newly formed opposition coalition under the platform of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, made the remark while appearing as a guest on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics programme. According to him, the northern region h…
Presidency: I’ll contest in 2027, says Peter Obi – Daily Trust
Presidential Candidate of Labour Party in the 2023 general election, Mr. Peter Obi, has reaffirmed his ambition to contest the 2027 presidential election, denying speculation that he may team up with former Vice President Atiku Abubakar as running mate. Speaking on Sunday Politics, a Channels TV programme, Obi said suggestions that he was considering to be Vice-presidential candidate under Atiku again or any other candidate was not true. “Nobody…
Monday Lines : From the North, ‘A Storm Is coming’ By Lasisi Olagunju - Thepodiummedia
“Nigeria is in wedlock with storms; it gets tossed from one to the other. This one that is coming, when it comes, how many caps and roofs do you think will stand? No one knows. The year 2027 has been primed by politicians to be a mountain of the heartless (òkè òdájú) which all must climb, the orphans inclusive. From the North, we hear stuff like ‘even if Bola Tinubu’s son is made the INEC chairman, he will hit the canvas (ó máa lu’lè)”.’ Decades…
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