The Chairman of the Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC), Yabagi Sani, yesterday said that it would be difficult for northerners to believe the proposal of Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi to run for president in 2027 and stay in office for a single term of four years.
Sani, who made the remark yesterday in an interview during a television programme, said none of those planning to run for president in 2027 including Obi is a saint.
According to him, the dynamics of power become different when politicians get into office.
The IPAC chair said going by the principle of rotation of power, the northern region of Nigeria should produce the country’s president after an eight-year rule by the south. “Yes, Peter Obi can agree to say: ‘I am going to do one-term’ but the northerners will tell you that after Bola Tinubu’s term, if he gets the (second) election, it should come to the North.
“But, we are human beings. Absolute power corrupts absolutely. Peter Obi is not a saint; he is not somebody who is from another planet. We have seen successive governments trying to see how they can turn the Constitution around and give themselves a third-term and things like that.
“This is why it would be difficult for a lot of people to believe Peter Obi that after one term, he would leave. And then how would he even succeed if you look at the sentimental aspect of it, the state capture, and power of incumbency”, he stated.
