The Chairman of the Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC), Yabagi Sani, has said that northerners would find it difficult to believe the single-term proposal of the Labour Party (LP) 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi.
Naijaonpoint reports that Peter Obi, during an X Space on Sunday with his followers, expressed readiness to comply with an agreement to be in office for four years if he wins the 2027 presidential election.
However, Sani, during an interview on Channels Television’s The Morning Brief programme on Tuesday, said none of those planning to run for president in 2027, including Peter Obi, is a saint.
Sani said that, going by the principle of rotation of power, the northern region should produce the next president after Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who is seeking re-election to complete his eight-year tenure.
The IPAC chair noted that the dynamics of power change when politicians get into office, and it will be difficult for Northerners to believe Peter Obi.
He said, “Yes, Mr Peter Obi can agree to say: ‘I am going to do one term’ but the northerners will tell you that after Bola Tinubu’s term, if he gets the (second) election, it should come to the north.
“But we are human beings. Absolute power corrupts absolutely. Peter Obi is not a saint; he is not somebody who is from another planet. We have seen successive governments trying to see how they can turn the constitution around and give themselves a third term and things like that.
“This is why it would be difficult for a lot of people to believe Mr Peter Obi that after one term, he would leave. And then how would he even succeed if you look at the sentimental aspect of it, the state capture, and power of incumbency.”