Eric Patrick
Former Chairman of the Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC), Yabagi Sani, has expressed skepticism over former Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate Peter Obi’s pledge to serve just one time period if elected president in 2027.
Talking throughout The Morning Transient programme aired on Channels Tv on Tuesday, Sani stated it might be tough for northerners to belief such a promise, including that no 2027 presidential hopeful, together with Obi, might be thought of a “saint.”
Obi, a former governor of Anambra State, had acknowledged throughout a stay X House session together with his supporters on Sunday that he would adjust to the settlement to serve a single four-year time period if elected president.
However Sani questioned the practicality of that dedication saying, “The dynamics of energy change as soon as politicians assume workplace.
“It’s simple to make guarantees now, however issues are completely different while you’re in energy.”
He additionally argued that primarily based on the precept of rotational presidency, it might be truthful for the North to supply the subsequent president after the South completes its flip.
“After eight years of southern rule, naturally, the North ought to take its flip,” Sani acknowledged, referring to President Bola Tinubu, who hails from the South-West.
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Sani’s remarks come as political alignments and discussions intensify forward of the 2027 common elections.
Sani stated, “Sure, Mr Peter Obi can conform to say: ‘I’m going to do one time period’ however the northerners will inform you that after Bola Tinubu’s time period, if he will get the (second) election, it ought to come to the north.
“However we’re human beings. Absolute energy corrupts completely. Peter Obi just isn’t a saint; he’s not someone who’s from one other planet.
“We’ve got seen successive governments making an attempt to see how they will flip the structure round and provides themselves a 3rd time period and issues like that.
“This is the reason it might be tough for lots of people to consider Mr Peter Obi that after one time period, he would depart. After which how would he even succeed for those who take a look at the sentimental facet of it, the state seize, and energy of incumbency.”
