The presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi says he is ready to protect his votes in the 2027 election, even if it requires surrendering his life.
Obi spoke on Thursday in Port Harcourt during a town hall meeting with voters tagged “Obi Talks Nigeria”, where he fielded questions on the prospects of the next general election.
Obi contested the 2023 presidential election on the platform of the Labour Party (LP) but came third behind former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), and President Bola Tinubu of the All-Progressives Congress (APC), who won the election.
Obi and his camp have, however, consistently alleged that the 2023 election was marred by irregularities and rigging.
At the Rivers town hall, the former governor of Anambra urged Nigerians to prevent a repeat of what he described as irregularities witnessed during the 2023 general election.
He said efforts are underway to ensure that intimidation and suppression of voters do not occur during the polls.
Nobody will intimidate us again at the polling booth,” Obi said.
“If you get to any polling booth today, the highest number of officials you see is five. The average number of voters is 40 to 50. There is no way five people will intimidate 50 people.
This time, all of us will rescue our country. Somebody said, ‘We are ready to die.’ Let me tell you, I’m ready to die too.”
He added that the NDC would establish effective coordination mechanisms to ensure that voters freely exercise their rights.
“We will make sure we have coordination to ensure that such intimidation does not arise,” Obi said.
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