A chieftain of the Labour Party (LP), Abayomi Arabambi, has dismissed Peter Obi’s promise to serve only one term if elected president, urging Nigerians not to trust the former Anambra State governor.
Arabambi made the statement on Tuesday during an interview, arguing that Obi’s single-term pledge lacks credibility, pointing to his defection from the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA)—the party under which he was twice elected governor—as evidence of inconsistency.
“So, we are not going to trust him,” Arabami said on the show about Obi’s proposal of a single term.
“So, Peter Obi cannot be telling Nigerians, ‘Oh, don’t worry, I will do a single term,’ when ab initio, with his own mouth, he said he would stay in APGA; he is not going to leave,” the factional national publicity secretary of the LP said.
Recently, Obi renewed his pledge to serve only one term if elected president in 2027. In a tweet posted on Sunday, he wrote:
“In my political life, my word is my bond… My vow to serve only one term of four years is a solemn commitment, rooted in my conviction that purposeful, transparent leadership does not require an eternity.”
However, LP chieftain Abayomi Arabambi has dismissed Obi’s vow, urging Nigerians not to take it seriously. He argued that Obi’s popularity in the last election stemmed from widespread youth dissatisfaction with the administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari and the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Arabambi further alleged that Obi contributed nothing financially to the Labour Party and instead benefited from its structure.
“No kobo of Peter Obi entered the party,” Arabambi claimed, insisting that it was the LP that made Obi, not the other way around.