2027: LABOUR PARTY Chieftain Warns Nigerians Not to Believe Peter Obi’s One-Term Claim
Abayomi Arabambi, a factional leader of the Labour Party (LP), has questioned Peter Obi’s recent promise to serve just one term if elected president of Nigeria in 2027, cautioning Nigerians not to believe the former governor of Anambra State.
Arabambi questioned Obi’s political consistency and credibility during his appearance on Channels Television’s “The Morning Brief” breakfast show on Tuesday morning. He brought up the former LP presidential candidate’s departure from the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) despite prior pledges to stay with the party.
“So, Peter Obi cannot be telling Nigerians, ‘Oh don’t worry, I will do a single term,’ when ab initio with his own mouth, he said he would stay in APGA; he is not going to leave,” Arabambi said during the live interview.
He added, “We are not going to trust him.”
According to OGULAGHA VANGUARDS, Obi, who received more than six million votes and finished third in the 2023 presidential election, recently reaffirmed his goal to only hold office for one term if elected in the upcoming general election.
In a post shared on X (formerly Twitter) on Sunday, Obi wrote: “In my political life, my word is my bond… My vow to serve only one term of four years is a solemn commitment, rooted in my conviction that purposeful, transparent leadership does not require an eternity.”
But Arabambi, who is the factional national publicity secretary of the Labour Party, dismissed the statement as political rhetoric. He insisted that Obi should not be trusted with such a promise, accusing the former governor of lacking loyalty and exploiting the LP for personal gain.
According to him, Obi gained significant support during the 2023 election cycle not necessarily because of his own merit but due to the growing frustration among Nigerian youth with the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
“Peter Obi got support because the youth were tired of the then Muhammadu Buhari administration and the PDP. No kobo of Peter Obi entered the party,” Arabambi claimed, arguing that, “The Labour Party made Peter Obi and not the other way around.”
Many Nigerians, notably well-known novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, who has been outspoken in her support of the LP candidate, continue to back Obi in spite of Arabambi’s harsh criticism.
Speaking on Channels Television’s Amazing Africans, Adichie characterized Obi as a selfless leader who sincerely cared about the future of the nation.
He (Obi) doesn’t need to be president. He wants to be because he cares about Nigeria, but he doesn’t need to be. And that is a very important distinction,” she said.
The award-winning author added, “Peter Obi is not a person who expects you to thank him for doing his job as a leader, because to him it’s his job. There’s a sense, I think, in Peter Obi that he’s accountable to the people. He doesn’t think that somehow he will lord it over people.”
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