‘I Don’t Believe Peter Obi Will Renege on His One-Term Promise’ — Kwankwaso

• NDC vice-presidential candidate Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso says he believes Peter Obi will keep his promise to serve only one term if elected president in 2027.

The vice-presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has expressed confidence that the party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, will honour his pledge to serve only one term if elected president in the 2027 general election.

Kwankwaso made the remark during an interview on News Central’s 60 Minutes with Mr Kay, while responding to questions about Obi’s commitment to serving a single four-year term and whether he would seek the presidency after the proposed arrangement.

According to Kwankwaso, Obi has made the promise publicly and should be trusted to keep his word.

“I personally believe Peter Obi is a gentleman and I have every reason to trust him, especially that he said it to the hearing of everybody. Nobody should have any reason to doubt him,” Kwankwaso said.

He explained that the power-sharing arrangement within the NDC was built on mutual trust and a collective agreement among members of the coalition.

Kwankwaso added that allowing the South to complete an eight-year tenure is in line with the understanding reached by the alliance.

“We believe the southern part of the country should complete its second term and with that, and to the hearing of everybody in this country, I don’t believe any gentleman would want to renege, would want to say no or change his or her mind,” he stated.

The former Kano State governor also said the coalition had developed a shared short-term, medium-term and long-term agenda for Nigeria, stressing that its focus was on implementing agreed policies rather than promoting individual political ambitions.

“More importantly, we have collectively gotten a short-term, medium-term and, of course, long-term plan for this country. It does not matter whether it is him from the Obidient side, or my humble self from the Kwankwasiyya side or another side, we believe we have an agenda,” he said.

Kwankwaso stressed that the coalition would ensure continuity of its programmes regardless of who eventually occupies the presidency.