2027 Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, presidential candidate, Peter Obi has given reasons why he might not contest in 2031.
Stressing that the possibility is very slim, Obi said the zoning arrangement between the North and the South would play a major factor in deciding if he would contest in 2031.
Obi, in an interview with media personality, Rufai Oseni, explained that if the presidency goes to the North in 2031, he would be 78 years old when power will return to the South, hence he can’t run again.
Asked if he would run for the presidency again if he loses in 2027, Obi said, “For me, it depends on what happens. I don’t want to say it because people might think that I’m saying it because of some people.
“You will not believe it, this morning a secondary school boy asked me a question this morning ‘if you run this time, will you run again?’ And I said no, he asked why?
“I said because if I don’t run now, by the next time it comes, believing in the zoning formula it will go to the North and if it goes North in 2031, by the time it comes again to the South, I will be 78 years old and I don’t think I would be doing this at that age.”
The 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, however, noted that if power remains in the South in 2027, he might contest for the presidency in 2031.
“If it’s still in the South in the next election, maybe but the probability is very slim, I don’t know until after the outcome of the 2027 election,” Obi added.
