Reason I may not run for president after 2027 – Obi

Peter Obi, the statesmanlike campaigner of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), has said helium is improbable to contention the presidency aft the 2027 wide election.

Speaking successful an interrogation with media property Rufai Oseni, the erstwhile Anambra State politician said his determination is linked to Nigeria’s informal zoning arrangement, which rotates the presidency betwixt the North and the South.

“For me, it depends connected what happens. I don’t privation to accidental it due to the fact that radical mightiness deliberation that I’m saying it due to the fact that of immoderate people,” Obi said.

He recalled answering a akin question from a secondary schoolhouse student, explaining that if helium does not go president successful 2027, the presidency is expected to displacement to the North successful 2031.

“I said due to the fact that if I don’t tally now, by the adjacent clip it comes, believing successful the zoning formula, it volition spell to the North,” helium said.

“If it goes North successful 2031, by the clip it comes again to the South, I volition beryllium 78 years old, and I don’t deliberation I would beryllium doing this astatine that age.”
He said helium could lone see different statesmanlike bid if the presidency remained successful the South successful 2031, but stressed that specified a script is unlikely.<...