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The founder/ first National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Chekwas Okorie, has asserted that it will be difficult for former Governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, to keep to his single-term pledge if elected as president in 2027.
Naija News reports that Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 election, has been at the centre of controversy since he reiterated this pledge a few weeks ago.
In an interview with Vanguard, Okorie stated that Peter Obi’s pledge to serve only one term of four years, if elected, smacks of desperation.
Okorie noted that although Obi has repeatedly stated that he was not desperate for power, his four-year single-term pledge paints a different picture in the minds of many Nigerians.
According to the APGA chieftain, it would be impossible for such a promise of four years to be kept, especially after getting into office with the support and help of people, some of whom can exert pressure.
He said, “Everybody knows how much power can intoxicate the holder. If Obi or Atiku can walk into power from their bedrooms, then they can also walk out on their own free will.
“But getting into office with the support and help of people, some of whom can exert pressure, will make it impossible for such promises to be kept. We have seen this before. This is what happened to President Goodluck Jonathan, who, it was said, made a similar promise to the north in 2011.
“If you also remember, President Obasanjo, who wasn’t even sure when, if he would get out of prison, got out, became president for the first term, started a second one and started plotting for a third before Nigerians stopped him.
“It is when people get into office that you will begin to hear those around them say ‘any agreement or law which is inconsistent to the provisions of the 1999 Constitution is to the extent of its inconsistency, null, void and of no effect.
“Without a doubt in my mind, Obi is a gentleman and refined; unfortunately, political power at the highest level in Nigeria is a different kettle of fish altogether.”
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