Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) Presidential Candidate, Peter Obi reported one-term agreement with Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso has ignited reactions across the Southeast, with several prominent Igbo leaders distancing the region from the arrangement.
Politics Nigeria earlier reported that NDC Vice Presidential Candidate, Kwankwaso disclosed that Obi had agreed to serve only one term if elected president in 2027 before handing over power to the North.
However, influential voices from the Southeast have rejected any suggestion that the agreement represents the position of the Igbo people, describing it as a personal political commitment that cannot be imposed on an entire region.
Speaking on the development, elder statesman and founding national chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Chief Chekwas Okorie, said the arrangement was entered into by Obi in his personal capacity and should not be interpreted as a collective decision of Ndigbo.
According to him, Obi did not negotiate
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