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Re: Sen. Victor Umeh Reveals Why Peter Obi Will Serve For Just Four Years by Tareq1105: 7:45am On May 14
ThePolity001:
Victor Umeh Reveals Why Peter Obi Will Serve Just Four Years And Walk Away From Power

No Nigerian president since 1999 has ever voluntarily agreed to serve only one term before winning a single vote.

Peter Obi just did.

In this explosive interview, Senator Victor Umeh — Peter Obi's longest political associate of 25 years — sits down to explain the agreement that has shaken Nigerian politics to its foundation. NDC has officially zoned the 2027 presidential ticket to the south for just four years. The motion was moved at the NDC national convention. Every delegate voted yes. Zero votes against.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3h-pGXj8szg

But the bigger question is not what was decided. The bigger question is — can Peter Obi be trusted to actually honour it?

Senator Victor Umeh has the answer. And what he says will either restore your faith in Nigerian politics — or confirm every suspicion you have ever had about political promises made before elections.

WHAT THIS VIDEO COVERS:
— Why NDC zoned the 2027 presidency to the south for four years only
— Senator Victor Umeh's inside account of Peter Obi's character over 25 years
— Why Obi says he will serve one term — and the Mandela comparison that explains it
— The zoning mistake ADC made that NDC deliberately avoided
— How APC's own 2023 zoning decision brought Tinubu to power — and what NDC learned from it
— What happens in 2031 when the four years expire — and why the north agreed
— The welfarist economic ideology of NDC vs APC's neoliberal model
— Victor Umeh's devastating verdict on subsidy removal — "for what gain?"
— Can anything truly be delivered for Nigerians in just four years?

This is not a rally speech. This is a senator who has known Peter Obi since 2001 — thinking out loud, making promises on record, and staking his political reputation on a commitment Nigeria has never seen before.

If you believe Nigerian politics needs honest, deep analysis that goes beyond the headlines — SUBSCRIBE now and hit the notification bell. New breakdowns are posted every week.

COMMENT below — Do you believe Peter Obi will genuinely serve four years and step down? Or is this another political promise waiting to be broken? Tell me exactly what you think.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3h-pGXj8szg

Share this video with every Nigerian who is still deciding whether to trust the NDC — because this interview has the answers they are looking for.
Story for obidients.
Re: Sen. Victor Umeh Reveals Why Peter Obi Will Serve For Just Four Years by Omoboricash(m): 7:47am On May 14
Freshtruth:
Kwankwaso right hand man just just posted this picture on is page this morning


Confirmation Kwankwaso has agreed to be peter obi running mate.


Omo Kano 1.9m votes already in the bag ist


This one loud o
Congratulations. I wish you safe journey on your delusion trip
Re: Sen. Victor Umeh Reveals Why Peter Obi Will Serve For Just Four Years by dragunov: 7:48am On May 14
Christistruth03:
It is easy to recognise scammers when they are too desperate
In fact, one of the laws of scamming that you are taught to recognize in cyber security is an unexplained desperation and false promises.
Re: Sen. Victor Umeh Reveals Why Peter Obi Will Serve For Just Four Years by Skullminers1: 7:49am On May 14
Where are those HE Peter Obi haters that keep attacking Peter Obi for abandoning APGA forgot to also attack Sen Victor Umeh who was APGA chairman before and after Peter Obi tenure as governor.We all know how Sen Victor Umeh fought HE Peter Obi during his reign as APGA Chairman but now he has been loyal to HE Peter Obi who follows him anywhere he goes and any party he joined
Re: Sen. Victor Umeh Reveals Why Peter Obi Will Serve For Just Four Years by CHARLOE(m): 7:56am On May 14
why serve for just 4yrs? is 4yrs enough to bring about change? PO shld stop saying this
Re: Sen. Victor Umeh Reveals Why Peter Obi Will Serve For Just Four Years by jojothaiv(m): 7:57am On May 14
Man,

We are not idiots and at the same time we are not politicians like you, do sit this one out.

Regards.
Re: Sen. Victor Umeh Reveals Why Peter Obi Will Serve For Just Four Years by Osgilliat(m): 7:58am On May 14
North are so confused at the moment. They don’t know whether to allow Tinubu complete 8 years meanwhile Tinubu keeps stripping power away from the north, distributing it to other parts of the country equally. Or should they vote for another candidate who would let them breathe and leave things to the way it was, what if the new candidate wants to run for second term? Hmm. A very big confusion.
Re: Sen. Victor Umeh Reveals Why Peter Obi Will Serve For Just Four Years by Skullminers1: 8:06am On May 14
Chei pains and agony from Peter Obi and in extension Igbo haters,see what hatred does to particular people.
So because other politicians like Ebola Tinumbu and co never honour their agreements you Peter Obi and Igbo haters think Peter Obi will be like them.
We will see more of this propagandas and sowing seeds of discords between Igbos and North from now henceforth by particular tribe but Igbos and North will prevail under Peter Obi/Rabiu Kwankwaso(OK)
Re: Sen. Victor Umeh Reveals Why Peter Obi Will Serve For Just Four Years by Akerele44(m): 8:12am On May 14
Afrojuju2017:
Kwankwaso only got 900k votes on Kano in 2023, I don't know where you got 1.9m from
That time sef it’s was as president not vice
And not his vote alone shekarau vote was among the vote that got him that 900k
Re: Sen. Victor Umeh Reveals Why Peter Obi Will Serve For Just Four Years by ibedun: 8:20am On May 14
Nackzy:
Peter Obi can't fix Nigeria in Jst 4 years
Peter Obi can’t fix Nigeria in 50 years sef.

He is a cunny man and an ethnic candidate. He was asked to “do this for Ndigbo” by that nollywood actor whose name I can’t remember.
Re: Sen. Victor Umeh Reveals Why Peter Obi Will Serve For Just Four Years by ibedun: 8:22am On May 14
Skullminers1:
Chei pains and agony from Peter Obi and in extension Igbo haters,see what hatred does to particular people.
So because other politicians like Ebola Tinumbu and co never honour their agreements you Peter Obi and Igbo haters think Peter Obi will be like them.
We will see more of this propagandas and sowing seeds of discords between Igbos and North from now henceforth by particular tribe but Igbos and North will prevail under Peter Obi/Rabiu Kwankwaso(OK)
You sef don’t believe the crxp you wrote up there 👆
Re: Sen. Victor Umeh Reveals Why Peter Obi Will Serve For Just Four Years by Leepeak(m): 8:23am On May 14
Allow free and fair elections wether sowore nor go flog tinubu
Even the weakest politicians in Nigeria will win tinubu if the election is credible and fair
Re: Sen. Victor Umeh Reveals Why Peter Obi Will Serve For Just Four Years by Jonjam269: 8:24am On May 14
A serial party defector who made no remarkable impact in a relatively small state like Anambra during eight years in office now suddenly presents himself as a messianic figure capable of transforming a far more complex country like Nigeria within four years. A politician who could not stay committed to one party and lacks clear ideological direction is unlikely to remain faithful to his promises.
What we are witnessing is an attempt by disgruntled elements to rebrand a non-performer as a reformer, portray a hollow politician as a principled leader, and impose their minority and misguided views on the majority
Re: Sen. Victor Umeh Reveals Why Peter Obi Will Serve For Just Four Years by Okechinwadike: 8:25am On May 14
Arkmanbuddy:
Both Peter Obi, Victor Umeh and the op are clowns 🤡🤡🤡! You think this is 2023, right? The same Obi who's been jumping from party to party, running away from primaries because he knows he can't win. You think he'll ever do that?

The fact that you think any Nigerian politician can be there for a single term shows how naive you are.

Ọgbẹni, go and play with sand. All of you are political neophytes, you know nothing!
person that knows everything you have been noticed, can you now go and sit down!
Re: Sen. Victor Umeh Reveals Why Peter Obi Will Serve For Just Four Years by Dumfrank(m): 8:30am On May 14
I do not trust politicians blindly, but 4 years is still enough time to put a country on a reasonable path and create a trajectory that a successor with the same ideology can continue.
Re: Sen. Victor Umeh Reveals Why Peter Obi Will Serve For Just Four Years by soil4soil(m): 8:35am On May 14
If it's for us to believe what Obi said or promised let me ask some questions

* Why is Obi moving from one party to the other when he promised not to leave the party (APGA) that brought him to limelight.

* Why is he so desperate to rule now

* Why did he build a party from foundation like Dickson did when NDC

* Why is that he always give wrong data about the economy.

* Why is he playing to the gallery

If he loses his billed to be the president in 2027 will he stay and help build NDC or will he jump ship again.
To be the president of a country is a day job, you have to have been building structure like for many years, eg Buhari and others. Obasanjo and Jonathan got it on a platter of gold which is not common again.

Obi please stay and build a party even Sowore is more reliable than Obi in political arena
Re: Sen. Victor Umeh Reveals Why Peter Obi Will Serve For Just Four Years by Mrexcell(m): 8:35am On May 14
erad:
Why didn't Tinubu leave AD when it was a regional party? Why didn't Buhari leave CPC as a regional party? Instead they formed mergers.

That's what serious people do.
Why couldn't they also remain in ad and cpc and pursue their presidential ambitions from there instead of changing their party's names and forming a coalition with members of other political parties? I don't see any difference in Obi's defections and what buhari and tinibu did to capture power for themselves it's same strategy for political survival only hypocrites will keep pointing that out as a major character flaw that makes obi not fit to be nigeria's president. Imagine someone supporting a man with a well established international drug trafficking case and refusing to support a man without any corrupt history or controversies just because the man changed parties due to the political climate he found himself in very laughable.
Re: Sen. Victor Umeh Reveals Why Peter Obi Will Serve For Just Four Years by Lithiumite: 8:38am On May 14
lamentor78:
Why I found this NDC funny is that Kwakwanso has not declared to be VP, his is just a party man. He might likely tell Obi to pick anyone from North in NDC
I beg to differ,kwakwanso actually needs this for awareness and visibility to leverage his ambition cone 31 when power would return north......he has gained huge mileage by pairing with obi especially into the recalcitrant south to his ambition...... he has gained the kind of popularity in 3 months he has been struggling for since 99.....and that is the singular reason he is playing along despite knowing that ticket is going nowhere.
Re: Sen. Victor Umeh Reveals Why Peter Obi Will Serve For Just Four Years by humberjade: 8:41am On May 14
Mrexcell:
Obi is a very peaceful politician that doesn't like toxic politics i don't think he will fail to keep his promise knowing fully the consequences you and I know even kwankwaso will never support him so no need for all these fears.
To me, to speak a word and stand by it is the honor of a person of good character. I only judge people by the traits and recurring actions I see them display, while still giving them the chance to prove me wrong.
Re: Sen. Victor Umeh Reveals Why Peter Obi Will Serve For Just Four Years by omooba969(m): 8:43am On May 14
Freshtruth:
Kwankwaso right hand man just just posted this picture on is page this morning

Confirmation Kwankwaso has agreed to be peter obi running mate.

Omo Kano 1.9m votes already in the bag ist

This one loud o
Peter should tread carefully bcoz African politics is ruthless. My concern is how trustworthy is his alliance with Rabiu, bcoz I fear there could an hausa/fulani agenda where they ride on the wave of Peter's popularity to power then off Peter so the VP then assumes the No.1 office. It doesn't smell nice to me though.

Maybe I'm just overthinking it. smiley
Re: Sen. Victor Umeh Reveals Why Peter Obi Will Serve For Just Four Years by ogolemati: 8:43am On May 14
Arkmanbuddy:
Both Peter Obi, Victor Umeh and the op are clowns 🤡🤡🤡! You think this is 2023, right? The same Obi who's been jumping from party to party, running away from primaries because he knows he can't win. You think he'll ever do that?

The fact that you think any Nigerian politician can be there for a single term shows how naive you are.

Ọgbẹni, go and play with sand. All of you are political neophytes, you know nothing!
grin grin grin grin grin grin grin grin grin grin if what is use for reasoning is removed you have to comment like this,so it's understandable

Re: Sen. Victor Umeh Reveals Why Peter Obi Will Serve For Just Four Years by Amalekki: 8:45am On May 14
4 years is more than enough to serve the people of Agulu as president of Agulu Progressive Union. I concur.
Re: Sen. Victor Umeh Reveals Why Peter Obi Will Serve For Just Four Years by WhizdomXX(m): 8:46am On May 14
Freshtruth:
Kwankwaso right hand man just just posted this picture on is page this morning


Confirmation Kwankwaso has agreed to be peter obi running mate.


Omo Kano 1.9m votes already in the bag ist


This one loud o
1.9 is a high estimate but hopefully.
Re: Sen. Victor Umeh Reveals Why Peter Obi Will Serve For Just Four Years by WhizdomXX(m): 8:47am On May 14
MrPresident1:
You cannot achieve anything in four years. So all of these boils down to personal ambition.

All of them just want to be president
Speak for yourself. So you cannot achieve anything in 4 years?
Re: Sen. Victor Umeh Reveals Why Peter Obi Will Serve For Just Four Years by WhizdomXX(m): 8:48am On May 14
Nackzy:
Peter Obi can't fix Nigeria in Jst 4 years
Speak for yourself.
Re: Sen. Victor Umeh Reveals Why Peter Obi Will Serve For Just Four Years by Counterigbolies: 8:52am On May 14
Win12345:
You are a bigger clown, Tinubu and his cohorts that are busy destroying opposition parties expect Obi to be trapped in the plots.
so it is tinubu that told obi to go n join the same atiku who chased him away from PDP?

Instead of agreeing that your obi made mistake, u want to keep blaming tinubu.....oya now
Re: Sen. Victor Umeh Reveals Why Peter Obi Will Serve For Just Four Years by erad(m): 8:54am On May 14
Mrexcell:
Why couldn't they also remain in ad and cpc and pursue their presidential ambitions from there instead of changing their party's names and forming a coalition with members of other political parties? I don't see any difference in Obi's defections and what buhari and tinibu did to capture power for themselves it's same strategy for political survival only hypocrites will keep pointing that out as a major character flaw that makes obi not fit to be nigeria's president. Imagine someone supporting a man with a well established international drug trafficking case and refusing to support a man without any corrupt history or controversies just because the man changed parties due to the political climate he found himself in very laughable.
Lol, a man without corrupt history... what happened to Pandora papers? What about investing state funds in a company your family has a stake in?

Assuming I support Tinubu because I don't support Obi just shows your abysmal level of reasoning. They are both frauds, at least one is not trying to paint himself as a saint.
Re: Sen. Victor Umeh Reveals Why Peter Obi Will Serve For Just Four Years by anonimi: 8:54am On May 14
ThePolity001:
COMMENT below — Do you believe Peter Obi will genuinely serve four years and step down? Or is this another political promise waiting to be broken? Tell me exactly what you think.


Share this video with every Nigerian who is still deciding whether to trust the NDC — because this interview has the answers they are looking for.
Peter Obi will be a worse promise-breaker of integriThief than the balablu conman presently in Aso Rock.

bennybuhari:
“’I cannot take anything back about Obi. I said Obi said he wants to move Nigeria back from consumption to production and I said that is not true. He cannot do it because his own business survives on consumption. Is that a lie? He has been an importer and I said he deals with cash and carry economics; container economics, imports”.

“All the goods that can be produced in Nigeria, Obi imports them in his supermarkets. That is consumption economics. That kind of person cannot tell you that he is moving you from consumption to production. He will then be committing self-economic suicide and Obi will not do that to himself”.

“So, Obi is deceiving everybody and I can’t take that back because that is true.

https://independent.ng/peter-obi-deceiving-everybody-i-wont-retract-my-statement-about-him-dele-alake/
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NLCreator:
Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 elections, has defended the purchase of sports utility vehicles (SUVs) for members of the national assembly.

There have been reports that the leadership of the 10th national assembly has bought SUVs for all lawmakers.

Each SUV is said to be valued at N160 million.

The LP had asked members of the party in the national assembly to kick against “wastage”.

While responding to questions during a press conference in Abuja on Monday, the former governor of Anambra said the SUVs are not personal cars of the lawmakers, noting that they are for official use.

“Let me start with the issue of Labour Party members in the house. I have actually discussed this issue with them,” Obi said.

“Surprisingly, I can tell you I heard that these vehicles are official cars. They have to use it. It is meant for office.

“So it is not as if it is their vehicle. They said it is official cars and you are meant to use it while you are in the senate.”

Obi also hinted at contesting for the country’s number one position in 2027, adding that Nigeria deserves dedicated and visionary leaders who will lead the country towards a brighter future.

https://www.thecable.ng/theyre-for-official-use-obi-defends-purchase-of-n160m-suv-for-lawmakers/amp
Re: Sen. Victor Umeh Reveals Why Peter Obi Will Serve For Just Four Years by FBIBOT(m): 8:55am On May 14
Lol no politician in Nigeria will honor that deal that's why north don't want another South to take over..... It either one of them or tinubu.... Peter òbí can never be trusted to honor that deal
Re: Sen. Victor Umeh Reveals Why Peter Obi Will Serve For Just Four Years by Mrexcell(m): 9:01am On May 14
erad:
Lol, a man without corrupt history... what happened to Pandora papers? What about investing state funds in a company your family has a stake in?

Assuming I support Tinubu because I don't support Obi just shows your abysmal level of reasoning. They are both frauds, at least one is not trying to paint himself as a saint.
The pandora pspers never claimed it's stolen funds i personally don't see anything wrong in investing public funds in a company ur family have stakes in what about former governors that are well known to be very notorious of stealing everything they see in the treasury not even caring to even invest a dime?
Re: Sen. Victor Umeh Reveals Why Peter Obi Will Serve For Just Four Years by Ibehchizzy: 9:01am On May 14
Arkmanbuddy:
Both Peter Obi, Victor Umeh and the op are clowns 🤡🤡🤡! You think this is 2023, right? The same Obi who's been jumping from party to party, running away from primaries because he knows he can't win. You think he'll ever do that?

The fact that you think any Nigerian politician can be there for a single term shows how naive you are.

Ọgbẹni, go and play with sand. All of you are political neophytes, you know nothing!
Naso the thing pain you to your bone marrow 🤣🤣🤣🤣
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