2027: I won’t spend a day more than four years in office, Obi insists + Video

The presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi, has firmly reaffirmed his commitment to serving only a single four-year term if elected president in the 2027 general elections.

Obi restated his commitment during an interview on Channels TV Sunday Politics, dismissing suggestions that his one-term promise was merely a strategy to win power.

He insisted that four years is sufficient for any sincere and purposeful leader to demonstrate true good governance and steer Nigeria onto a productive path.

Obi also confirmed that his single-term stance respects an unwritten gentlemen’s agreement within his political coalition—which includes his ally Rabiu Kwankwaso—to protect national stability and uphold the rotation of power between Southern and Northern Nigeria.

“I have said this thing several times. We have what we can call a meeting agreement. We are gentlemen; we must respect it.

“I don’t need more than four years to show Nigerians the right path they will follow. It’s a simple thing. Even if you want me to sign it with you, I sign it with you.

“A day more than four years is not Peter Obi. I want us to start trusting our leaders. When I was going to become a governor, I said the things that I would do, and when I came in, I started doing it.

“I showed everybody. Go and listen to my campaign. I said I would manage their money efficiently. Schools will work; health works. Everything I said, I did. That is the way to work.”