The presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) for the 2027 general election, Peter Obi, has said Nigerians hold the power to ensure credible elections, stressing that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will only act according to the resolve of the electorate.
Obi spoke with journalists on Friday after attending the burial service of Pa Simon Okorie Abaa, father of NDC senatorial candidate for Ebonyi South, Chief Linus Okorie, in Onicha, Ebonyi State.
Speaking on the 2027 election, Obi said his confidence was not solely in INEC but in Nigerians’ determination to defend their votes.
“It is not about confidence in INEC. Do I still have confidence in the people? Because it is the people that will determine what INEC will do. If the people insist that their votes will count, their votes will count.
It is for Nigerians to look at what is happening in the country today and ask themselves what the future holds for our children in this enterprise called Nigeria. Are we going to continue in this direction? Anybody talking about changing Nigeria today is making the ultimate sacrifice because we cannot continue like this,” he said.
Obi also lamented the worsening economic situation, saying poverty and hunger had reached alarming levels.
“Every day poverty is increasing. Every day hunger is increasing. You don’t even need World Bank reports to know this because you can see it in the villages.
They are saying that about 70 million Nigerians are facing acute hunger. What are we going to do about it? Are we going to continue like this? No. That is not possible,” he added.
On alleged intimidation of opposition supporters, Obi said Nigerians were already suffering from economic hardship.
“For me, every Nigerian is already being hara§§ed by hunger. People are being hara§§ed by the worsening situation in the country. Everybody is affected.
It is time for Nigerians to tell those who are harassing us that enough is enough,” he said.
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