{"id":922181,"date":"2026-07-24T06:18:50","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T11:18:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/24\/2027-i-might-not-be-alive-to-contest-obi-says\/"},"modified":"2026-07-24T06:18:50","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T11:18:50","slug":"2027-i-might-not-be-alive-to-contest-obi-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/24\/2027-i-might-not-be-alive-to-contest-obi-says\/","title":{"rendered":"2027: I might not be alive to contest, Obi says"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Peter Obi, the presidential hopeful for the Nigeria Democratic Congress in the upcoming 2027 elections, has raised the alarm over his safety and the systematic frustration of his businesses, claiming he \u201cmight not even be alive\u201d to contest the next poll.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Speaking during an interview on With Chude, hosted by media personality Chude Jideonwo and shared on X on Wednesday, Obi painted a grim picture of the challenges facing opposition figures in Nigeria.<\/p>\n

When pressed on whether he would definitively be on the ballot in 2027, Obi responded bluntly: \u201cNot even a candidate. I might not even be alive. I\u2019m telling you. Every single thing I do for a living, this government is frustrating it. Deliberately so. Everything. So, there is even a possibility, if they have the opportunity, I will not be alive.\u201d<\/p>\n

While the former Anambra State governor clarified that he wasn\u2019t leveling a formal, direct accusation, he insisted his daily life is plagued by targeted obstruction. He noted that while authorities avoid direct confrontation, their \u201chand\u201d is visible in the routine hurdles he faces.<\/p>\n

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According to Obi, this hostility isn\u2019t unique to him. He alleged a broader, coordinated clampdown on dissent. \u201cThey are attacking everybody who is in opposition personally,\u201d he stated, adding that he has even been denied the basic entitlements due to him.<\/p>\n

To illustrate his point, Obi shared a recent airport encounter where officials allegedly locked his vehicle while ignoring other parked cars. When he identified himself, the officer in charge reportedly dismissed him.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut I said, \u2018Look at the cars of other people.\u2019 And you could see them talking to each other, as if, \u2018Who is this one?\u2019\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Obi also claimed, that acquaintances now avoid him in public out of fear of retribution revealing some supporters have quietly asked him to skip their family milestones.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have people send me invitations and say, \u2018My son, my daughter is wedding, but please don\u2019t come,\u2019\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

(Vanguard)<\/p>\n

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Peter Obi, the presidential hopeful for the Nigeria Democratic Congress in the upcoming 2027 elections, has raised the alarm over his safety and the systematic frustration of his businesses, claiming he \u201cmight not even be alive\u201d to contest the next poll. Speaking during an interview on With Chude, hosted by media personality Chude Jideonwo and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":922182,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4092,23802],"tags":[8629,5383],"class_list":["post-922181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-alive","category-contest","tag-alive","tag-contest"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/922181","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=922181"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/922181\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/922182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=922181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=922181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=922181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}