The North Will Celebrate Me If I Am President — Peter Obi
The Labour Party presidential candidate in the 2023 election and former governor of Anambra State, Peter Gregory Obi, has appealed to the people of Northern Nigeria to trust him with their votes saying that he understands the challenges plaguing their region.
The Labour Party presidential candidate in the 2023 election and former governor of Anambra State, Peter Gregory Obi, has appealed to the people of Northern Nigeria to trust him with their votes saying that he
understands the challenges plaguing their region.
Obi further said that the northern region of Nigeria will celebrate him if he becomes president.
He spoke on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics programme on July 6, 2025
The 2027 presidential aspirant and a prominent member of the opposition coalition floated on the platform of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, also emphasised that one does not need more than four years to provide good governance for Nigerians.
According to him, the greatest asset Nigeria has is in the 19 states domiciled in the northern region with the numerical voter strength and vast arable lands has been largely untapped because of the hydra-headed monster of insecurity.
His words, “We have voted for incompetence, we’ve voted for tribe, (and) we’ve voted for religion; let’s vote for competence.
“I want them to trust me. The biggest asset of this country is in the north, the uncultivated lands in the north. The criminality we face in the north today, I will deal with it.
“If I am president, the North will celebrate me. I have an idea of the problem...
”There is no compassion; people lost their children who will lead this country in the future, and he (Tinubu) went on a Christmas holiday.”
Obi promised to be "a president who cares, and a president who shows compassion,”
as he accused President Bola Tinubu of being unfeeling to the plight of Nigerians. He wondered why Tinubu chose to go on Christmas holiday in Lagos in December 2024 instead of visiting Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, where several children died in a stampede at a Christmas party.
He spoke on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics programme on July 6, 2025
The 2027 presidential aspirant and a prominent member of the opposition coalition floated on the platform of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, also emphasised that one does not need more than four years to provide good governance for Nigerians.
According to him, the greatest asset Nigeria has is in the 19 states domiciled in the northern region with the numerical voter strength and vast arable lands has been largely untapped because of the hydra-headed monster of insecurity.
His words, “We have voted for incompetence, we’ve voted for tribe, (and) we’ve voted for religion; let’s vote for competence.
“I want them to trust me. The biggest asset of this country is in the north, the uncultivated lands in the north. The criminality we face in the north today, I will deal with it.
“If I am president, the North will celebrate me. I have an idea of the problem...
”There is no compassion; people lost their children who will lead this country in the future, and he (Tinubu) went on a Christmas holiday.”
Obi promised to be "a president who cares, and a president who shows compassion,”
as he accused President Bola Tinubu of being unfeeling to the plight of Nigerians. He wondered why Tinubu chose to go on Christmas holiday in Lagos in December 2024 instead of visiting Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, where several children died in a stampede at a Christmas party.
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