He gave me his word’ – Aisha Yesufu speaks on Peter Obi’s one term presidency vow

Aisha Yesufu, former BringBackOurGirls co-convener, revealed that opposition coalition member Peter Obi assured her he would serve only one term if elected President.

According to Yesufu, Obi drew inspiration from Nelson Mandela’s one-term leadership. Sharing on X, she recalled telling Obi during the 2023 campaign that Nigerians would likely resist his plan to serve just one term.

She wrote: “I, Aisha Yesufu can confirm that Mr Peter Gregory Obi has always said he would do just a term even before the 2023 election. I used to argue with him that one term is not enough and he can’t just refuse to contest.

“Infact I told him on several occasions while we were campaigning in 2022 that the people will not allow him to do just a term. He would use Nelson Mandela as example. He would explain that if one was ready to really work that a term was more than enough.

“I told him that I was going to speak of his promise to do one term only publicly and I needed his confirmation on doing a term as my integrity mattered to me and I wouldn’t want to say something and it turns out not to be so.

“Mr Peter Obi once again gave me his word that he was going to do only one term.”