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2027: South-East always vote according to conscience – Nwodo tells decamping govs, leaders
A former Governor of Enugu State, Okwesilieze Nwodo, has reminded South-East leaders throwing their support to the All Progressives Congress, APC, and Bola Tinubu that the people of the region only vote according to their conscience.
He stated this in an interview with Arise New on Monday, adding that the people cannot be swayed by what the leaders of thought and important politicians in the region are doing or who they have decided to support in 2027.
Recall that the elite in the South-East are joining the bandwagon by trooping to the APC, while also declaring that the region is for President Bola Tinubu in 2027.
Asked why political leaders in the South-East are not backing one of their own, former Anambra governor Peter Obi, Nwodo said, “I will not attempt to hold brief for any of our politicians in the south east who wishes to support the president for a re election.
“We in the African Democratic Congress, we want to engage the current president of Nigeria and his party on issues, on their policies, on the efficacy of their execution of their policies and promises to the Nigerian people, and put it side by side with the candidates that we are supporting former governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi and the solutions he’s putting on the table for Nigerians to make a choice.
“As you can see, the declaration of important politicians in the south east for the APC is not restricted to the south east. It’s all over Nigeria, and many of us in this country are wondering, what is the attraction for our governors, in particular, who are leaving their parties for the APC.
“We don’t see the justification in the organization of the party APC. We don’t see it in the performance of the central government, which is run by the APC.
“And people are wondering, why we should be drifting to a one party state, not based on ideology, not based on the performance of that party, but in many cases, unexplained reasons, the reasons that have not convinced the Nigerian people or even people in their various states, why their governors have moved.
“But as I said, it is the inalienable right of the governors to move, whether what they tell us are the reasons for their moving or their other compelling reasons why they moved, until they say so, we cannot begin to take them up on those but I can tell you something, in the southeast, our people have learnt to follow their conscience when it comes to voting in a general election.
“You will recall that in the immediate past election, in 2023 Peter Obi single handedly blazing the trail like John the Baptist, trying In the wilderness, was able to convince the Nigerian people that he had something that can change the status quo that we’re enjoying under the presidency of Buhari at the time, and many Nigerians believe that at the end of the day, he convinced more Nigerians and scored more votes in that election, but he was not declared the winner, and we have, after the court processes accepted, the results are declared.
“But what I want to emphasize is that in the southeast, we had sitting governors who could not deliver their states and who even contested the election to go to the Senate, and they could not win those elections because of the tsunami of the obedient movement In the southeast at that time, today, that tsunami is more likely to sweep more viciously for the simple fact that our people and people all over Nigeria are living in poverty, poverty that is increasing in experiential proportion.”
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Former Borno State Governor and All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain, Ali Modu Sheriff, has said former Vice President Atiku Abubakar should shelve his 2027 presidential ambition, insisting that it is still the South’s turn to produce Nigeria’s president.
Sheriff stated this on Monday during an appearance on Channels Television’s Politics Today, where he argued that the North would not support Atiku’s bid because of an unwritten power-sharing arrangement among Nigeria’s political leaders.
According to him, the understanding reached after the civil war was aimed at ensuring regional balance in the country’s leadership.
“After the civil war our leaders have said that there will no longer be this situation in Nigeria, there is a regional agreement. For Atiku, it’s not our time now. He is on his own because it is the turn for the South. Buhari just finished 8 years,” Sheriff said.
“If Atiku wants to be president he can wait, he is a leader in Northern Nigeria, he is eminently qualified but it is not our time now, he has to wait till 2031. That is the time for the North, for now, it is time for the South.”
The former governor expressed confidence that President Bola Tinubu would secure a second term in office in 2027, although he stressed that the APC would not be complacent ahead of the election.
Sheriff also dismissed the presidential ambition of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) candidate, Peter Obi, saying the former Anambra State governor would not enjoy support from Northern voters.
“I am not worried about Peter Obi at all because I know that Northerners will never vote for Peter Obi,” he said.
When reminded that Obi secured substantial votes in states such as Nasarawa and Plateau during the 2023 presidential election, Sheriff argued that the political landscape had changed.
“The situation is different now, you know why? Peter Obi when he was a governor chased all the Northerners out of Anambra State,” he alleged.
Sheriff further claimed that some Northern political figures, including supporters of former Kano State Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso, were unwilling to back any alliance involving Obi.
“This is what Kano people are telling Kwankwaso now, that we always supported you and we will support you if you run for president but we will not support you to go with Peter Obi,” he said.
His comments come amid increasing political realignments and consultations by opposition figures ahead of the 2027 general election.
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Ali Modu Sheriff, former governor of Borno State, on Monday said the 2027 presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, Peter Obi can’t stay in a party that won’t make him its presidential candidate.
Sheriff claimed that Obi will exit any political party that fails to make him presidential candidate.
Featuring on Channels Television’s Politics Today, the former governor insisted that Obi is pursuing an agenda.
He said: “The point is that he, Peter Obi, is a candidate and the last time you invited me here I told you that people like Peter Obi can never be in one political party because he is pursuing an agenda.
“If he can’t be a presidential candidate he would move out. Today he has gone to like 20 political parties to become a candidate.
“If I, Ali Modu Sheriff, will come out here and say that I only believe in Borno State and not Nigeria then I’m not fit to be Nigerian because our leaders have fought to keep us together.”
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Presidential election: Atiku should wait till 2031, North won’t vote Peter Obi – Ali Modu Sheriff
Former governor of Borno State, Ali Modu Sheriff, has said the African Democratic Congres, ADC, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, should wait till 2031 to become Nigeria’s president because President Bola Tinubu will complete his eight-year term.
Sheriff also said the North will not back the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, presidential candidate, Peter Obi, even though he has Rabiu Kwankwaso as his running mate.
Appearing on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Monday night, Sheriff stated that the North will never vote for Obi.
Sheriff said: “I don’t worry about Peter Obi because I know Northerners will never support him.
“The situation is different now. During Peter Obi’s time as governor, he worked to get Northerners to leave Anambra State. This is what people in Kano are telling Kwankwaso now.
“They claim they have always stood by him and will keep doing so if he runs for president, but they won’t support him if he sides with Peter Obi.
“For Atiku, this is not the North’s turn. He is a well-respected leader and very qualified, but he has to wait until 2031. President Buhari has finished eight years of being in charge, so now it’s the South’s turn.”
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