2027: El-Rufai right on power shift, Obi remains rallying point — Obidient Leader

By Luminous Jannamike

ABUJA – The Leader of the Obidient Movement successful the South East, Dr Ezeh Emmanuel Ezeh, has defended erstwhile Kaduna State governor, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, against criticisms pursuing his telephone for South East residents to instrumentality portion successful the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR).

He said El-Rufai’s stance connected zoning the presidency to the South promotes equity and places Peter Obi astatine the centre of absorption realignments up of 2027.

Speaking to journalists successful Abuja, Ezeh, a starring entrepreneur and governmental mobiliser, dismissed the protestation staged against El-Rufai successful Owerri during the 2025 Odenigbo lecture astatine Maria Assumpta Catholic Church.

He described the enactment arsenic a sham orchestrated by hopeless politicians wrong the African Democratic Congress (ADC) conjugation talks.

According to him, the protestation was driven by loyalists of a bluish aspirant unsettled by El-Rufai’s declaration that the ADC statesmanlike summons should beryllium zoned to the South to implicit the remaining 4 years.

“Although the constitution guarantees state of expression, conjugation politicians moving for a bluish aspirant indispensable beryllium guided by equity, fairness and inclusivity,” Ezeh said.

The Catholic Archdiocese of Owerri, done its Chancellor, Rev Father Patrick Mbarah, had besides disowned the demonstrators, describing them arsenic “hired, placard-carrying thugs” targeting some El-Rufai and Mr Peter Obi.

Ezeh warned that the conjugation would deficiency credibility unless it zoned the presidency to the South, insisting that El-Rufai’s connection was accordant with the ideals of the Obidient Movement.

“The clip for grabbing powerfulness for power’s involvement is gone. Mallam El-Rufai has travel to admit that Nigeria belongs to each citizen, and that the travel to a caller Nigeria indispensable remainder connected national information successful elections and the regularisation of law,” helium said.

On elector mobilisation, Ezeh described the 2027 polls arsenic a defining contest.

“Apathy and lethargy promote ballot thieves to bargain the people’s mandate. To me, these are the halfway of El-Rufai’s message, whether successful Sokoto, Kaduna oregon Owerri.

“We indispensable recognise that 2027 is going to beryllium the last bitter combat betwixt the forces of evil and the forces of good, forces of airy and forces of darkness,” helium said.

Ezeh urged those attacking El-Rufai to reconsider, stressing Obi’s cardinal relation successful Nigeria’s antiauthoritarian renewal.

“If the conjugation of absorption governmental forces is to carnivore effect successful 2027, each men and women of goodwill should enactment Mr Peter Obi, who parades the indispensable qualities of ethical, competent and purposeful leadership,” helium stated.

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