Peter Obi Urges ADC To Zone 2027 Ticket South For Equity, Unity

Peter Obi Urges ADC To Zone 2027 Ticket South For Equity, Unity

Labour Party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi, has called on the African Democratic Congress (ADC) coalition to allocate its 2027 presidential ticket to the southern region, citing the principles of fairness, national unity, and balanced representation.

Obi made the appeal during a sideline discussion at the 2nd Annual Colloquium of Associate Professor Abdulmumin Yinka Ajia—an ex-APC governorship contender—which took place on Sunday in Ilorin, the capital of Kwara State.

He urged the ADC leadership to give thoughtful consideration to his proposal. Meanwhile, both Obi and former PDP presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar have reaffirmed their intentions to contest in the upcoming 2027 elections

Obi said “Why should we have a northerner again when we can easily allow the south to complete their tenure to promote unity and cohesiveness, and afterwards, our northern brothers can take up their eight years”.

To this end, the former Anambra governor said, “we are urging this coalition to cede the presidential ticket to the South and let us finish this matter”.

Obi, who was represented by the National Coordinator of Obidients Movement, Dr Tanko Yunusa, described his chances in the 2027 elections as very bright, saying he remains a capable and committed leader ready to transform Nigeria.

Speaking on the theme of the colloquium, Ajia said the colloquium stands in solidarity with all formal and informal efforts aimed at rebuilding the Nigerian state into a truly accountable, inclusive, and citizen-serving republic.

In his remarks, a former “O to ge” frontliner and current leader of the Kwara Redemption Movement, Akogun Iyiola Oyedepo, called for a complete overhaul of Nigeria’s political culture, saying the country needs a new set of founding fathers who embody fresh values and a renewed national purpose.

“Twenty-six years of democracy has not taken us far from dictatorship in substance, even if the form has changed,” he said.

He lamented that the original structure designed by Nigeria’s founding fathers has collapsed completely.

“It is appropriate to review the Fourth Republic, which is already 25 years old, because we have failed in all three previous republics.”

Oyedepo noted that the seven election cycles conducted in the past 27 years have primarily served elite interests rather than the masses, adding that most political parties in the country are ideologically barren.

On Rivers State, the KRM leader said “The main source of the crisis in Rivers is the struggle over the state’s resources between a godfather and a godson, not a mentor-mentee relationship. That is the problem.”

He reiterated the need for a value-driven democratic process, stressing that without building a culture of accountability and inclusiveness, Nigeria cannot escape the grip of dictatorial leadership under the guise of democracy.

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