10 Reasons why Peter Obi will fail again in 2027
By Michael Chibuzo
1. In 2027, religion will play a lesser role in the presidential election. Church will no longer take back their country because that vibe has died neither will mosque want to take back any country. Peter Obi… pic.twitter.com/iO9mwWJLrg
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1. In 2027, religion will play a lesser role in the presidential election. Church will no longer take back their country because that vibe has died neither will mosque want to take back any country. Peter Obi will be bereft of a major pillar to anchor a divisive campaign on.
2. The appetite of Southern Nigerians especially the non-South East people to vote for Obi in 2027 has cooled considerably. Particularly, Yoruba Obidients will be not stick out their necks the way they did in 2023 especially in Lagos. Obi will struggle to win places in the SS like Delta, Cross River and Edo again.
3. The toxicity of his Obidient movement and their lack of political maturity and diplomacy will continue to make people stay away from supporting Obi especially in the North. Despite Obi’s desperate attempt to make the North forget about his religious war rhetoric in the 2023 elections, his Obidient army especially the South East branch are not helping matters with the way they mock northerners or anyone who didn’t support Obi in 2023. That’s not how to win friends for 2027. Andy Okeke, Obi’s Spokesperson recently mocked Muslims while his boss was in a mosque dragging a plate of rice with a kid in the name of breaking Ramadan fast with Muslims.
4. The Labour Party is no longer the saintly party they tried to paint themselves in 2022/2023. The party has unravelled and shown that it is actually built on a solid structure of criminality, extortion, embezzlement and identity theft. “We no dey give shi shi” has died a natural death. In fact Anarchy Looms in the Labour Party with plenty litigations, suspensions, picketing etc in the horizon.
5. If Peter Obi manages to keep LP in tact till 2027 and runs for President on the LP platform, he will most likely not get any substantial votes from the North generally (including Christian-dominated areas like Benue, Plateau, Taraba and Southern Kaduna) because the North will rather have President Tinubu go for a final 4 year term than root for a fresh Southerner. Mind you the North still feels shortchanged via the Yaradua shortlived tenure.
6. Peter Obi is not ready to lower his ambition from president to vice president, which would have seen him be a running mate to a strong northern presidential candidate. He is not that strategic.
7. Peter Obi is inside a cage in the Obidient prison. He dare not take certain political steps that will anger his mob such as returning to the PDP that he abandoned in 2022 and castigated during the 2023 election campaigns. Many Obidients and voters will likely abandon him if he takes that step.
8. By 2027 there is a huge possibility that there won’t even be a contest as the performance of President Bola Tinubu in office by then will likely be overwhelming that any opponent in the 2027 race would just be wasting his or her time. If that be the case, Mr. Peter Obi will just receive certificate of participation in that election.
9. In 2027, President Bola Tinubu will be campaigning using his record of achievements in 3+ years versus the record of achievement of his potential opponents. In the past year, it is now obvious that Mr. Peter Obi was just an average governor with very few surviving achievements that he can point to. In 2027, China will no longer go back to China, it will be all about performance vs performance.
