Will Peter Obi Win The 2027 Elections?

Added: 2026-05-09

[00:00:00]This season two politics will hear them >> because whether we like it or not is political season >> and the most important thing is all of us must be informed. You see it's one thing to dance, celebrate and be joyful but it's another thing to have proper understanding because we still live in this country and we this is our nation and we must do everything to educate each other. So yesterday on the marasha I had mentioned that uh and Rabio Kagansom had defected to DC and uh remember in the last elections remember in fact I even go far as far back as 12 years ago or 13 years ago when um um I think it was Jonathan was our president and APC wanted to take over they formed a coalition they went shopping for parties they went to CPC came together to form what we call the APC right and they were able to defeat um the PDP at the time now APC was in party PDP was supposed to also contest but unfortunately there was a division right Peter B was supposed to was supposed to be the flag bearer he didn't get the ticket then he moved to LP that's when LP entered the game the the ring now APC is in power Nigerians are hoping that PDP would help to come and defeat unfortunately PDP seemed to be falling apart and then there was a coalition ADC so we thought everybody Nobody will be in this coalition to at least defeat the APC. But for whatever reason and for multiple reasons, there was internal rank in the AC ADC and they went to court. My question to Nigerians, what do you think about this cross carpeting happening and who where do you think Peter should be or do you think he will get the ticket and should he get the ticket? Will Rabo step down for him or should he step down for quil and do they have the capacity to defeat the ruling party or is it article camp at the ADC that will have the capacity to defeat the ruling party? I'd like to hear from real Nigerians. Those of you that actually go out to vote, what are your thoughts on this? I want to hear from you please. Who like to go first? I would like to hear from first- timers too.

[00:02:20]>> Yeah. Good morning.

[00:02:21]>> Good morning. So I feel Peter V should be the flag bearer for NDC.

[00:02:26]>> He should be what?

[00:02:27]>> Be the flag bearer for NDC.

[00:02:29]>> NDC. Okay.

[00:02:30]>> Well, like in past years, our votes don't count. One and I feel Nigeria has a long way. But me in my own opinion as voicing out for Nigeria, I believe we need a revolution in Nigeria, a reformation of INC.

[00:02:47]clear all the bad eggs in INC and reform the INC starting from the chairman down to the list. So I believe revolution me if Nigeria can have one voice all the youth together come together both police military all the Nigeria have one voice and say enough is enough Nigeria is bleeding >> and our citizens are dying every day even police brutality has not even been dealt with police brutality is still on the rise now >> so that's my voice >> thank you very much you see I am tempted to stay on this thing called revolution because I hear that word being brandished around a lot but do we Nigerian youth even understand what it means when you say revolution clear neck clear everybody clear so who is clearing who and who is who is restoring them >> what I want to say is that I I don't I don't think Peter will be an article they not serious yes you ask me why >> see if you want to enter anything in Nigeria today you want to be a president you must have a structure you don't have it see there's difference between I want to send out or have a plan I have what I I know what to See the problem is that this particular man you're talking about he want to send out he has been a single party since he has not changed any party the only thing he just changes that there's coalition and the coalition that brought APC in power that was when they left I mean when this guy left Jonathan the the the coalition that brought them to all of them they came together that yeah this is what we want there's between I want this I want that but they are not serious they're just plain people that you labor party labor party gave you 6 million vote last election the next thing you just want you should fight for it. You stop looking for a platform that will just give him free.

[00:04:26]He's not free. He should fight for what he wants.

[00:04:28]>> Thank you very much for your thoughts.

[00:04:30]Now, so there are two words I've seen.

[00:04:32]I've heard revolution and I've heard structure. I hear this word again.

[00:04:36]Struct. What is structure? What do you understand as structure? Can who I mean again I want to stay on track. So if you want to help me define structure or you want to share your thoughts on this thing, we come let me come to this side.

[00:04:48]Who has the microphone? Yes, go ahead.

[00:04:50]>> Okay. All right. Thank you.

[00:04:52]When you talk about structure in politics, >> uh it's that means you're talking about people building themselves over the years. You can use or we can use the current president as a structure in politics in Nigeria. He built himself over the years within one party bringing people of like minds that are subscribing to his ideals.

[00:05:17]One of the things we are lacking in Nigeria is ideal. If you look at the advanced world, look at the democratic and if you look at the UK and the US before you can become a member of a political party, you have your own ideal. You now look for a party that's align with your ideal. But in our own climb, it is a lie. We only join party because of tickets, ticket and ticket because of personal interest, not national interest per se. And if we keep on going that plined out route, I will tell you Nigeria will remain the same.

[00:05:53]Let me give you an example.

[00:05:55]During the time of Yarad Yarad, Jonathan Buhari >> and Tinubu, we have not have what is called economic stability.

[00:06:08]No stability whatsoever in terms of pricing. It people will tell you that this one is good, this one is bad. I'm telling you none is good because we we all used to forget that this rice this bag of rice that we are buying at uh maybe 66,000 NRA now we forgot that we once buy it 7,000 8,000 ah so when it now go up 100,000 if it now come down like to around it is now down >> we used to forget in a hurry >> and that is where our politicians used to kill us >> they kill us they put it up in terms of it might not be price per say at times some other things they will just put it up when the thing drops down a little bit at 18.

[00:06:50]>> All right. Thank you. So, so this Nigerian man believes that politicians somewhere just bring up the price themselves and they bring it down. You don't believe that is economic factors that causes the up and down. In your own mind, somebody just one money okay bring it to up, bring it to 20, bring it to 50. That's how you think. But that that doesn't mean it's accurate. See in politics when they are talking about structure structures mean like a format >> okay >> on how you plan and how you build the nation just like the legos state legos is not a format planned by the new the president current president now because if you seen the structure of Lagos state all those plans all those new Lagos that you've been seeing is under the structure of ashu >> so from there the next governor knows what he or she is doing by the time they are coming in for their regime.

[00:07:39]>> That's blueprint of what Los States.

[00:07:41]>> That's it. Yes.

[00:07:42]>> That's not structure.

[00:07:43]>> Okay. Yeah. Yeah. It's part of it. It's part of it. Okay. Let me let me let me give one more person an opportunity to describe pro sculpture. Structure.

[00:07:53]Where's the mic, please?

[00:07:57]>> Mr. D, I'll come back to you. Don't worry. Let me let me Somebody else on this side who understands structure.

[00:08:04]Yes, sir. Please.

[00:08:05]>> Hey, good morning everyone. Yes. My name is Soloa.

[00:08:09]Structure when it come to politics is how you build people around you.

[00:08:14]Starting from world to world, you have people in a world supporting you from world to local government level to state level, senatorial level and then to federal level.

[00:08:30]>> Okay. So he has come close to what structure is. Let me break it down for my own understanding what structure is.

[00:08:37]Structure means that out of the um of all the over 177 or 1676,000 polling units in Nigeria, you have foot soldiers.

[00:08:47]There's one person or two people from your party that will be at that polling unit, that structure. You have people, you have legs.

[00:08:55]The seven4 local government, you have people. Those people can also mobilize. When you hear baba all those they all groups they small clusters of people what they all attend parties they all attend world meetings that is structure because those small small pockets of people they help you to mobilize people that is structure so anybody who saying do you have structure that's what they mean now if you go bring in a party we're bringing a candidate what kind of structure does that candidate or the party have on ground to make sure they can mobilize people for your party that is that is politics So with that in mind, my question therefore is with the structure on ground with these three parties, do they have what it takes to actually have an election, a proper election to defeat the ruling party?

[00:09:44]>> So I'm talking about if the um ruling party has the structure. Yes, >> they do have the structure.

[00:09:51]>> They do. They are closer to the people.

[00:09:54]>> Who?

[00:09:55]>> The ruling party.

[00:09:56]>> The ruling party. Okay. They closer to the people. So they have the structure.

[00:10:00]>> Um We may not like their system of structure >> but they have the structure. We cannot deny that fact because we saw it in the previous election.

[00:10:10]>> Now these parties ADC and NDC we can't say they can they can compete with the ruling party because they are just coming up and they are still the same crop of leaders that we've been seeing in the country over the years. So we are tired of the same people that we've been seeing over the years as our leaders or as our rulers. We want new crops of people. We tried it in the last election and we saw what happened and at the end of the day it is still the same party who has the structure that you know got into power and one of the reasons why the person who in in person of Peter will be who everybody supported or most people supported because we wanted to see Nigeria.

[00:11:01]>> The reason he did not get there is no other reason than the fact that if an EO man is allowed into office, the fear of secession, >> the fear of secession is one of the reasons why that um um um how will I put it now? That geopolitical zone >> has been sidelined for many years.

[00:11:29]So I feel that ADC NDC against APC is a waste of time.

[00:11:36]>> Okay, let me let me maybe it's too early to conclude that. Wait, >> let's let me let me let me let me um let me try to engage you a bit on that. Is it possible that that might be too early to declare? Because Pakanso has a huge following. Don't forget last elections >> he won and he ino >> he has structure >> and he has that influence Peter Obi has following >> so this is following can he convert it to structure not social media following not social media structure as in actual human beings on social media come out and say I'm spreading across to give that structure so is it is it is it to declare they wasting their time because can they convert that following they have to real human beings to actually man those polls and make sure that their votes are counted.

[00:12:32]>> We saw it in the last election. We saw it in the last election. All the following followers and all the noise and everything. What did it convert into? It converted into nothing. It made us know that our votes do not count.

[00:12:45]>> Well, your vote on social media was counting. But but the point is that did people now come out to actually vote?

[00:12:52]>> People came out to vote.

[00:12:54]>> A lot of people were disenfranchised.

[00:12:56]Please >> hold on please. A lot of people were not a lot of people were also disenfranchised because of the um the uh not not the last result the violence that happened in loss of polling units.

[00:13:09]So a lot of people actually wanted to vote but because of the violence they couldn't vote. But then again people voted.

[00:13:16]>> People still voted but votes count.

[00:13:18]Their votes did not count because if their votes counted, why would the results be released in the middle of the night?

[00:13:24]>> If their votes counted, that tells us that a lot went down behind closed doors.

[00:13:30]>> I know someone I know someone in a bomb who contested elections in Apib and at the end of the elections in Aqua when they were going back to their polling unit, it resulted into serious fights that his brothers lost, one of his brothers lost his tooth.

[00:13:47]because they were fighting. They snatched ballot boxes. A lot of things went on.

[00:13:51]>> Okay, let me let let's let's have a conversing from each other.

[00:13:56]>> So when you release results at the m of the at the middle of the night, >> that automatically meant that the result is not valid. Is that what you're saying?

[00:14:04]>> It's not valid. It's not transparent.

[00:14:06]>> So it has to be. So when so we giving feedback to government, >> it's not transparent. The moment you are releasing results middle of so you're saying that as citizens we want our results released daylight following the results.

[00:14:20]>> Okay. One that's one. Number two. Have you ever heard of something called Iv?

[00:14:25]>> Yes.

[00:14:25]>> That's that's the the system the system that was supposed to put out the results for us.

[00:14:30]>> Now do you believe in that? Do you believe the IR was was was functioning or not functional?

[00:14:35]>> I don't believe in it. I don't believe in it. If so, you prefer manual accounting.

[00:14:41]>> As far as I'm concerned, as a citizen of Nigeria, as far as I'm concerned, the only free and fair election we've ever had was in 1993.

[00:14:50]>> Okay. All right.

[00:14:51]>> That was the only election we had.

[00:14:53]>> I don't believe in IRA. Let's go back to the way we do our elections. Let everybody see what we are doing. Let us follow through with the results. And all this uh taking time to upload the glitch this and all they are all just make believe. Okay. Thank you.

[00:15:10]>> I wanted I wanted her to learn that point because sometimes we we all want development but the truth we don't really want development. We'd like the way we do things and maybe that's the way as in Africa we prefer to do it manually because that way that's the only one we can trust. The same way somebody was telling me the other day that can we have one house please?

[00:15:32]Somebody was telling me the other day that democracy might not even work in Africa. We like our ship, our kingship because that way we see when there's a prop traditional way because when when there's a dispute we can call this the the the community and right there it is done in a transparent way when you're having judicial system you're having legislature you're having all those foreign concepts might not actually fit our system. So when we are hearing in Nigerian saying all this Iv all this electronic vital all this glitches it it is foreign to us count our vote one 2 3 4 let us see it and then let us know our result per unit that for us helps is that are we in agreement with her >> okay I wanted you disagree okay so I wanted to be sure that we're on the same page because we're also giving feedback to government right let me come to this side so who yes no you can't have the mic twice I want somebody that has not spoken please go ahead sir one second are you sir hang in there let me come to you ready >> good morning everybody >> my name is Harrison so okay what I want to say is that because I want to talk about mindsets for me because I feel that when we keep saying that votes don't count votes don't count it becomes a tool for the government to use against us >> is very valid the scripture says as a man thinkketh in his heart so he is so I I believe that if we begin to think that our vote counts. It will make them understand that this vote counts. So the point is that my vote don't count my people. It's it's it's it to a large extent it deprive people from voting. So my own mindset is that let's not be putting that outside. Let us be putting that my vote counts. My vote count. So that we say that if I say my vote count, I will motivate my sister to go and vote. I will motivate my brother to go and vote. So with that with that mindset to an extent the government will know our vote counts. Okay.

[00:17:25]>> Thank you. Our final comments, we have to wrap up. Yes.

[00:17:29]>> Good morning. My name is Tito Thomas. Um I would like to quickly touch on revolution. Someone mentioned revolution the other time. Yeah.

[00:17:37]>> Um >> I believe the idea of revolution is that we are trying to push some people out and we are bringing in new people. But my the question the issue I do have with this revolution is that who are the people leaving and who are the people we are actually bringing in? Because if you should think about it very well, even as Nigerians, how many of us are actually controlled by our conscience? An average Nigerian is looking for a way to cut corners.

[00:18:02]>> Yeah.

[00:18:02]>> At your job, you're looking for a way to be ahead of the next person to cheat the next person. Okay. Now, if you're not talking about revolution, you want to push the bagged eggs out. Who are the people that are going to fit in? And this is the and this is these are some of the issues we actually overlook cuz we are talking about the current government the current administration.

[00:18:21]Now let's assume that Peter becomes the president and then he follows through with his good intentions and all of that. But who are the people down to the grassroots that are being elected? Are they people that are that are honest?

[00:18:34]Are they people that we can actually trust that they'll do the same thing?

[00:18:37]Cuz an average Nigerian as I know it we we have a way of trying to do play ourselves. Thank you. I think I think that comment we have to wrap up on this because that makes a lot of sense.

[00:18:50]Revolution does not have to be physical.

[00:18:51]What this show is doing is revolution because what we are doing is creating a platform to educate Nigerians, make you see things differently. That way we can then trust you where indeed there's a revolution. You can now definitely take take the the nation to the to the right destination where we're taking it to.

[00:19:11]But the point is that our mindset must change.