A former National Chairman of the Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC), Peter Ameh, has claimed that the sentiment in northern Nigeria favors presidential hopeful Peter Obi and his single-term proposal.
Speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Thursday, Ameh, a supporter of the 2023 Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, said, “I am from northern Nigeria and we know, as I speak today, that the current available decision of our people favours Peter Obi.”
Ameh argued that four years would be sufficient for Obi to transform Nigeria.
He contrasted Obi with President Bola Tinubu, stating that Obi would not need to “learn on the job” and lacks an “it’s-my-turn mentality.”
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According to Ameh, Obi’s appeal in the North is rooted in his character, competence, and empathetic leadership.
Ameh said, “The north is a very diverse place and a very complex political territory. For me, I don’t think the north is as difficult as people want to make us believe.
“The northern Nigeria that you see today – Kaduna, Kano, Sokoto and all that – his (Obi’s) performance there was very clear, even in Plateau. We want a free election, that is fair and that is credible.
“The north is more politically understanding than any other region of this country. Peter Obi has made an emphatic statement and a public declaration that ‘I want to do only one term so that I don’t tilt the balance of our unwritten arrangement’.
“We should be looking for someone who has compassion, discipline, character and competence, and not about ethnicity or religion.”
According to the former IPAC chair, Tinubu has been rejected, not only by northerners but by the suffering masses in the country.
“It is clear that the next election is not going to be the same thing. And that is why you see the struggle to give appointments and change certain things by the government. Even the Chief of Staff (Femi Gbajabiamila) is holding meetings with the northern House of Representatives because they know the people are not happy.
“We are going to challenge all the illegal processes that were used to undermine our voters and the outcome of the election, and we are going to put mechanisms in place to defend the popularity that Peter Obi has gotten and the acceptance he now enjoys.”
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