Peter Obi adamant about his competence and capacity to change Nigeria for the better if vote is not rigged
By Jeph Ajobaju, Chief Copy Editor
Peter Obi has, for the umpteenth time, reaffirmed his competence and capacity to turn Nigeria around for good if the 2027 vote is not rigged as usual and he is elected President.
He insisted that he “can change the trajectory of Nigeria to a positive one” within four years, confirmed his quest for a place on the ballot, and urged voters to weigh competence when choosing the next President.
“I am contesting, and I am sure I will be on the ballot. People will have to look at who is competing, who has the capacity, who has everything.
“I think I am qualified; I have the capacity to do the job. I will say it over and over again that, in four years, I can change the trajectory of Nigeria to a positive one,” Obi stressed on Channels Television.
Obi ran for President in 2023 on the platform of the Labour Party (LP) but has since publicly associated with the opposition coalition in the African Democratic Congress (ADC).
He explained that he remains a member of the LP and is committed to working with other opposition leaders to “rescue the country from bad leadership.”
He declined to be drawn into speculation about joining the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), saying instead that “all well-meaning Nigerians must come together now to rescue the country.”
Obi criticised “misplaced focus on political manoeuvring” while millions of citizens languish in poverty.
“Why are we not talking about the 139 million people who are poor in this country?” he wondered, stressing that the plight of the poor takes precedence over partisan politics.
On the recent high-profile defections to the All Progressives Congress (APC), including those of PDP Governors Peter Mbah (Enugu) and Douye Diri (Bayelsa), Obi said defections reflect personal political calculations, not coercion.
“We are not in a military time when you capture people,” he reiterated, adding that democracy is sustained by persuasion, not force.
He described Mbah as a good friend and said Governors should be allowed to make decisions based on their own political judgments.
Read also:
