Former Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi has come under criticism from the Presidency over his recent pledge to serve only one term if elected president, with officials questioning the credibility of his promise based on his political history.
Obi, in a viral interview clip, stated that he would leave office after four years if elected, declaring that he would not stay beyond a single term “even with a gun to my head.”
News Central MD, Kayode: “Why did you want to be a one-term president?”
Mr. Peter Obi: “For stability. I will not stay a day longer than four years with a g√n to my head. What we have now is only two years, yet in that short period, someone has borrowed more than all the… pic.twitter.com/R2S015RVNA
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Responding via a post on X, President Bola Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, argued that Obi’s political record reflects inconsistency and shifting loyalties.
Onanuga recalled that Obi once declared loyalty to the All Progressives Grand Alliance during his tenure as governor of Anambra State before later moving to the Peoples Democratic Party, then the Labour Party, the African Democratic Congress, and most recently the Nigeria Democratic Congress.
According to the presidential aide, Obi’s frequent political realignments raise doubts about the reliability of his public commitments.
Obi was the Labour Party’s presidential candidate in the 2023 general election, where he placed third behind President Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress and former Vice President Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party.
Following his exit from the African Democratic Congress coalition ahead of the 2027 presidential election slated for January 16, 2027, Obi officially joined the Nigeria Democratic Congress.
Peter Obi explains why he believes INEC has been compromised by the ruling party pic.twitter.com/1nDmCgYyd8
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