2027: Peter Obi’s One-Term Promise Receives Kwankwaso’s Backing

The Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) vice-presidential candidate, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, expressed confidence that the party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, would keep his promise to spend only one term in office if elected President in 2027.

Kwankwaso said this during an interview on News Central’s 60 Minutes with Mr Kay, when asked about Obi’s pledge to serve just a four-year term and the political deal within the NDC coalition.

The former Kano State governor said he had no reason to doubt Obi, noting that the former Anambra State governor made the commitment in public.

“I personally believe that Peter Obi is a gentleman and I have every reason to trust him, especially that he said it to the hearing of everybody. “Nobody should have any reason to doubt him,” Kwankwaso said.

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Kwankwaso said the coalition’s power-sharing understanding was based on mutual trust among its members and an agreement on how political power should be rotated.

He said the deal would enable the south of the country to finish what the coalition views as an eight-year presidential cycle before power changes hands.

“We believe the southern part of the country should finish its second term and, with that, and to the hearing of everybody in this country, I don’t believe any gentleman would want to renege, would want to say no or change his or her mind,” he stated.

Kwankwaso however insisted that Obi’s promise to serve for only one term was not just a personal promise but part of the general agreement among the members of the political alliance.

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The NDC vice-presidential candidate also said the coalition had moved beyond discussions about individuals and political blocs by developing a common governance programme.

He said the alliance has developed short, medium and long term plans that would guide the administration should the party win the 2027 presidential election.

“More importantly, we have collectively gotten a short-term, medium-term and of course long term plan for this country. “Whether it is him from Obidient side, or my humble self from Kwankwasiyya side or another side, we believe we have an agenda,” he said.

He also said the coalition’s priority was to ensure that future leaders would stick to the agreed programme no matter their political alignment or support base.

“That agenda, we will as much as possible make sure that whoever comes, maybe Peter, maybe me or any other person, would stick to that programme,” he added.

He stressed that continuity of the coalition’s policies would remain important beyond the tenure of any individual President, insisting that the NDC’s objective was to build a governance framework capable of surviving changes in leadership.