2027: Having 36 governors means nothing — Peter Obi

Presidential candidate Peter Obi of the Nigerian Democratic Congress (NDC) has stated that the support of state governors will not dictate the outcome of future elections, citing his own electoral record as evidence that gubernatorial backing is inconsequential.

In an interview with Noire TV, Obi explained that he had won 12 states in the previous election without the endorsement of any governor, claiming that two states were “taken away through rigging.”

He said, “It doesn’t matter whether 36 governors are with the president. I didn’t have one governor in the last election and I won 12 states, even after they have stolen two from me, I won 12 states by making Abuja state we now have 37 states cause that’s what the judgement or the Supreme Court showed.”

“Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso won 1 Kano, APC, PDP and Labour all won 12 states each and in it I lost two by a process of rigging, so I would have had 14.”

“So it doesn’t matter whether they took all the Governors what is important and what this campaign election is going to be about is about how to make Nigeria work for the poor.”