Lawyer and rights activist Dele Farotimi has questioned Peter Obi’s proposal for a one-term presidency, insisting the idea is empty unless backed with a clear agenda.
Speaking on Channels Television, he recalled Obi had floated the same offer during the 2023 campaign. But he asked Nigerians to dig deeper into its meaning.
“A man says he’s going to spend one term. One term to do what? I think we should ask that question,” Farotimi said.
Farotimi argued that leadership is not about the number of years in power but what is achieved with the time.
“Obasanjo had eight years; what did he do with them? Buhari had eight years; what did he do with it? He ruined Nigeria. Tinubu has had two years, he’s taking us back like 50 years,” he declared.
He dismissed suggestions that removing President Tinubu for ex-President Goodluck Jonathan in 2027 would change Nigeria’s fortunes.
“A thousand Goodluck Ebele Jonathan would still be unable to solve Nigeria’s problems without meaningful reforms to dismantle entrenched corruption and institutional failures,” he warned.
To him, personnel changes are distractions. “If you remove Bola Ahmed Tinubu from office today, if you do not touch that evil system that produces the kind of people who have ruined this country, nothing is going to change.”
Farotimi, sometimes called The Prophets by his admirers, has been an ardent supporter of Mr. Obi. He insists that, all things being equal, he will still stand by him again in 2027.
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