Former spokesperson for Peter Obi has insisted that President Bola Tinubu will retain power in 2027 if African Democratic Congress present a southern candidate as its presidential flag bearer.
The veteran Nollywood actor noted that the ADC should present a northern political heavyweight like ex-vice president Atiku Abubakar, Nasir El-Rufai, Aminu Tambuwal, among others.
Speaking during an interview with Channels Television on Wednesday, Mr. Okonkwo said that Obi, who used to be his principal doesn’t have what it takes to unseat President Tinubu in 2027.
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He said: “My strategy this time around is that I am going to support a northerner in 2027.
“It must be a northerner that the whole north is willing to support.
“If the whole north is willing to support an Atiku, why not?
“If the whole north is willing to support a Tambuwal, why not?
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“The person must be qualified, and if he has experience in the presidency, it is an added advantage, and when he puts up something from the south, that will push him through.
“My strategy this time around is that I am going to support a northerner in 2027.
“Tinubu has become incurably bad and we want to terminate his incumbency.
“Anybody telling you it’s injustice if the north comes in, if the south comes in, and whoever wins in a primary election will take it for four years. Where is the injustice? It has happened before.
“Peter Obi won the election in 2023, and they stole it from us. If you do it again, they will steal it from him because there is no incumbent to back you, but if you bring somebody from the north, nobody will prevail on him to leave his victory because he is not from the same side as you.”
