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2027: North divided over Obi’s one-term promise

2027: North divided over Obi’s one-term promise

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Published on 2026-05-17 04:26:42

By Ibrahim  Hassan-Wuyo

Political opinion across Northern Nigeria appears sharply divided over the renewed promise by the presidential hopeful of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr Peter Obi, to serve only one term if elected president in 2027, with many stakeholders describing the proposal as politically strategic but lacking enforceable guarantees.

Obi recently reiterated that he would serve only one four-year term if elected president “even at gun point,” presenting the proposal as a stabilising arrangement intended to reassure northern political interests and preserve the country’s rotational balance.

He made the promise after NDC zoned the top office to the South of the country and the vice…

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