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Reuben Abati, popular media personality and former presidential spokesperson, has slammed Peter Obi, former Anambra State governor, over his recent remark on a one-term presidency.

In a viral video on Monday during the Arise Television programme, Abati said Obi’s vow to do one term if elected as Nigeria’s president is a sign of desperation.

This comes as mixed reactions continue to trail Obi’s comment that he would serve only one term if elected as Nigeria’s president.

DAILY POST reports that the incumbent governor of Anambra State, Governor Charles Soludo had chided Peter Obi over his one-term presidency remark.

However, Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party at the 2023 election, had stood by his remark.

Reacting, Abati stressed that Peter Obi’s “I will do one term; I will serve you food” will not work.

He urged Nigerians to ignore any politician with a sign of desperation.

“What I am saying is that any politician that comes to you and says that I am going to do only one term, that is a sign of desperation.

“It will not work. Just like the gambit about serving food and carrying plates or doing boy-boy at parties that will be better organised by event organisers. It is also a sign of desperation; it will not work,” he said.
He added that Nigeria will progress when the Nigerian people put competence above religion, region, and other sentiments.

“If Nigerian people are politically educated to a point where they can vote for a competent person regardless of where he comes from or his religion, that’s when the country will begin to move forward.

“So, all this ‘I will do one term, I will serve you food,’ that’s not going to work,” he said.

EarthKing:
It is not desperation. It's is ambition and ambition is priceless. Albeit, Atiku is the road block standing before Obi and his ambition.

As an Aticulate back in 2019, one would espect Atiku to shelve his presidential ambition now as an elder state man.

Better still, Atiku et' Obi should find a way of replicating the 2019 mandate. Otherwise, it'd just be a theatric show on election day.

ObiPandora:
But Tinubu shouting emilokan is not ambition ?
Just imagine Tinubu serving rice n saying this.


My igbo people I hail ?
Na una wise pass.

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jmoore:
Nelson Mandela was not desperate when he promised to serve one term.

Those against Obi for his one term pledge didn't vote for Obi in 2023.

brain54:
Indeed it is...

Never trust a desperate man!


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jmoore:
Nelson Mandela was not desperate when he promised to serve one term.

Those against Obi for his one term pledge didn't vote for Obi in 2023.

jmoore:
Nelson Mandela was not desperate when he promised to serve one term.

Those against Obi for his one term pledge didn't vote for Obi in 2023.

So they can never see any positive thing.

The blackmail of 'Obi didn't attend buhari's burial' has disappeared. They have launched another blackmail against one term.

If Obi says he wants to be life president, they won't be satisfied either.

Atlantis585:
When one old crook was running up and down shouting “emi lokan”, did you also call that desperation or is that word reserved for a particular person or tribe?

lexy2014:
when tinubu said "emilokan", was that not desperation?