El-Rufai to Peter Obi and Amaechi: “No One Believes Your One-Term Promise”

By: Oluwaseun Lawal

It’s getting real. Nasir El-Rufai, former Kaduna State governor, didn’t hold back on Sunday night. On Channels TV’s Sunday Politics, he called out Peter Obi and Rotimi Amaechi for promising to serve only one term if elected president in 2027. His message? Nobody’s buying it.

Obi, the Labour Party’s 2023 presidential candidate, recently said he’d serve just four years if he wins the African Democratic Congress (ADC) ticket in 2027. Amaechi, former governor of Rivers State, made the same promise. Both seem to be playing into an unwritten political deal — a kind of power rotation between the North and South every eight years. With President Tinubu, a Southerner, finishing his first term by 2027, the ADC wants to make sure he doesn’t get a second.

But El-Rufai, who’s also in the ADC camp, says enough with the one-term talk. “I don’t think anyone believes that,” he said bluntly. “You shouldn’t give up what’s constitutionally yours. Four years isn’t enough to make real change — I’ve been governor for eight years, and they know how long it takes.”

He urged all politicians to stop making these promises. “Nobody believes you,” he repeated.

While El-Rufai hasn’t officially declared his own run for the ADC ticket, whispers say he might jump in soon. The opposition coalition is gearing up to challenge Tinubu in 2027 — and the game is just heating up.