2027 May Be My Last Presidential Race – Peter Obi

The 2027 Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, presidential
candidate, Peter Obi has hinted on why he might not contest in 2031.

 

Stressing that the possibility is very slim, Obi said the
zoning arrangement between the North and the South would play a major factor in
deciding if he would contest in 2031.

In an interview with media personality, Rufai Oseni, Obi
explained that if the presidency goes to the North in 2031, he would be
78-years-old when power will return to the South, hence can’t run again.

Asked if he would run for the presidency again if he loses
in 2027, Obi said: “For me, it depends on what happens. I don’t want to say it
because people might think that I’m saying it because of some people.

“You will not believe it, this morning a secondary school
boy asked me a question this morning ‘if you run this time, will you run
again?’ And I said no, he asked why?

“I said because if I don’t run now, by the next time it
comes, believing in the zoning formula it will go to the North and if it goes
North in 2031, by the time it comes again to the South, I will be 78 years old
and I don’t think I would be doing this at that age.”

The former Anambra State governor, however, noted that if
power remains in the South in 2027, he might contest for the presidency in
2031.

“If it’s still in the South in the next election, maybe but
the probability is very slim, I don’t know until after the outcome of the 2027
election,” he added.

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