2027: Obi, Makinde call for unity to build Nigeria

Peter Obi and Seyi Makinde have called for unity ahead of Nigeria’s 2027 presidential election, saying political leaders should work together to confront poverty, hunger and insecurity.

Obi made the appeal in Abuja on Monday while attending the commissioning of Makinde’s 2027 presidential campaign office. Obi, the presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, said Makinde was qualified to seek the presidency.

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Whoever they choose, all of us will come together to build a new Nigeria.

He said the election should allow Nigerians to choose freely, and that all citizens should support the winner if the process is credible. “Whoever they choose, all of us will come together to build a new Nigeria,” Obi said. “Whoever wins, genuinely, from a free, fair and credible election, we all want to work together to save this country from collapse.”

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Whoever wins, genuinely, from a free, fair and credible election, we all want to work together to save this country from collapse.

Obi said the political goal should be to improve living conditions rather than deepen rivalries. “Let our quarrel be to feed our people. Let our quarrel be to pull our people out of poverty,” he said. He also called for a Nigeria where “a child of nobody can be somebody without knowing anybody.”

Makinde, the governor of Oyo State and presidential candidate of the Allied Peoples Movement, is contesting alongside Obi and other candidates, including former Vice President Atiku Abubakar of the African Democratic Congress.

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Let our quarrel be to feed our people. Let our quarrel be to pull our people out of poverty.