The Presidency has faulted former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, over his vow to serve only one term if elected president, describing the pledge as unreliable in view of his political history.
Obi had stated in a viral clip from an interview scheduled to air on News Central TV that he would not remain in office beyond four years “even with a gun to my head.”
Reacting on Thursday via a post on X, the Special Adviser to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, dismissed the promise, saying Obi had a record of abandoning political commitments.
“If you believe Peter Obi’s promise to serve only one term as president, you’ll believe anything,” Onanuga wrote.
He recalled that Obi had once pledged loyalty to the All Progressives Grand Alliance while serving as governor of Anambra State before later defecting to the Peoples Democratic Party.
According to him, Obi’s movement across different political platforms over the years raises questions about the credibility of his promises.
“Peter Obi’s pledges have always been short-lived. He ultimately abandoned APGA for the PDP, and since then, he has drifted from one political platform to another — a political rolling stone,” he stated.
Onanuga further argued that Obi’s political trajectory suggested inconsistency.
“By his own actions, Peter Obi has shown that his word cannot be trusted. His promises are as fleeting as his political allegiances,” he added.
Obi was the Labour Party candidate in the 2023 presidential election, where he finished behind Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress and former Vice President Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party.
The former Anambra governor has since aligned with the Nigeria Democratic Congress following his exit from the African Democratic Congress coalition ahead of the 2027 presidential election.
