According to Nigerian journalist Reuben Abati, Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in 2023, and other opposition coalition members’ proposal for a one-term government will not work.
According to reports, Abati revealed this information on Monday, August 4, 2025, during his remarks on the Arise TV morning show.
According to the media personality, politicians that promise a single term are desperate because it will not work.
Due to the ongoing civil conflict in Nigeria, the former presidential adviser stated that he does not think Northerners, who are already upset about a Yoruba president, will accept the prospect of an Igbo president.
Any politician that approaches you and declares that they will only serve one term is acting desperate, he added. It won’t function. Similar to how serving food, carrying dishes, and acting like a boy boy at events that may be better planned by event planners is a show of desperation, so is this tactic. It is ineffective. It’s never going to work.
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The second issue is that you claimed the North would support the one-term concept. No! Since this nation’s civil conflict has never been resolved, the North will not. Northerners who are already upset about a Yoruba president, in my opinion, won’t simply change their minds and accept the prospect of an Igbo president. There are inconsistencies in this nation that have not yet been resolved.
