The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has warned former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, against making promises of a one-term presidency, calling such pledges “deceptive.”
Speaking in Abuja, Wike supported former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai’s position that it is “unrealistic” for any presidential candidate to guarantee a single term.
Wike argued that “circumstances will change” once a person takes office, making it impossible to genuinely commit to serving only one term.
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He stated, “It’s very clear El-Rufai said stop saying that you will run for four years, it’s not correct. I don’t want people to be deceived, circumstances will change. How do you sit down and a president tells you, ‘I will run for four years,’ then you believe him?”
He added, “Don’t tell Nigerians such story; when you get there you will now find out if you will run for a second or third term. Some people tried to run for a third term.”
Wike also questioned Obi’s political strategy, asking which party he intends to run under.
He said, “This era of social media, which party will you run? Is it Labour? Where will he get the six million votes — under the PDP? Under Labour Party?”
He criticized Obi for keeping his supporters “guessing” and accused him of hypocrisy, saying, “Why are you keeping your supporters guessing, so he goes where he likes and when we have finished working, he comes back because he’s a saint and there is nobody in PDP.”
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