Social media influencer, Aisha Yesufu has claimed that former Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate Peter Obi first revealed his plan to do one term of office if elected President before the 2023 during the campaign for the 2023 presidential election.
Yesufu, who is one of the confidants of Peter Obi revealed this on her X handle of Sunday while reacting to a statement issued by Peter Obi that he will only do one -term of four years in office if elected president in 2027.
Though Nigeria’s constitution allowed elected president to contest for re-election after the initial four years in office, Obi had promised that he will only do one term to allow power to return to the North in 2031. Peter Obi made the promise after he joined the opposition coalition’s African Democratic Congress, ADC, but many believe that he may not keep to the promise after getting elected.
Indeed, the governor of Obi’s home state of Anambra, Chukwuma Soludo had on Saturday said any politician who promised to spend only one term of four years in office when the constitution allowed him or her to contest for a possible second term of office should be subjected to psychiatric examination.
However, in response, Peter Obi in a statement on Sunday reiterated his promise to do only one term of office if elected in 2027. “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,” Peter Obi, also a former governor of Anambra State said in a post on his X handle on Sunday.
While confirming that it has always been the plan of Obi to spend only one term in office if elected President, noting that the former governor unveiled the plan to her even be started campaigning as the LP presidential candidate for the 2023 election.
“I, Aisha Yesufu can confirm that Mr Peter Gregory Obi has always said he would do just a term even before the 2023 election. I used to argue with him that one term is not enough and he can’t just refuse to contest. In fact I told him on several occasions while we were campaigning in 2022 that the people will not allow him to do just a term. He would use Nelson Mandela as example. He would explain that if one was ready to really work that a term was more than enough!
“Early this year, I went back to him to ask If he truly meant what he said about doing just a term. Many from the north had shown concern over support for Peter Obi might lead to an extra 4 years for the south. I told him that I was going to speak of his promise to do one term only publicly and I needed his confirmation on doing a term as my integrity mattered to me and I wouldn’t want to say something and it turns out not to be so.
“Mr Peter Obi once again gave me his word that he was going to do only one term.
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