The presidency has taken a swipe at Labour Party’s 2023 presidential candidate and now Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) flagbearer Peter Obi, insisting the Tinubu administration has no reason to fear his 2027 ambitions.
Speaking during an appearance on the Mic On Podcast, Presidential Special Adviser on Media and Public Communication, Sunday Dare, said Obi may have posed a challenge in the past but no longer represents a credible threat to President Bola Tinubu’s re-election prospects.
“Peter Obi is no threat because we stand on solid ground of performance,” Dare said. “We are able to interrogate the problems of this country. Peter Obi will not defeat President Tinubu in Lagos again.”
Dare dismissed calls by Obi for the president to resign, arguing that such demands reflect a misunderstanding of Nigeria’s democratic framework. He noted that the country operates a presidential system with fixed four-year election cycles, and that the appropriate avenue for political contest remains the ballot box.
“The same right he has to ask Tinubu to resign is the same right the government has to respond — the president will not resign,” he said, adding that citizens should channel their grievances through elections rather than public pressure campaigns.
The aide’s remarks signal the administration’s intent to go on the offensive against opposition figures ahead of the 2027 general elections, projecting confidence in Tinubu’s performance record as its strongest campaign asset.
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