Former Anambra State Governor Peter Obi has expressed his willingness to be a one-term President if elected in 2027.

Obi, as well as former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, ex-Transportation Minister Rotimi Amaechi, and former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai are putting together a coalition to possibly wrest federal power from President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2027 general election.

Speaking during a Twitter Space hosted by Parallel Facts on Sunday, Obi said any candidate from the South elected President in 2027 must be prepared to leave office on May 28, 2031, in line with the “unwritten power-sharing agreement” and the zoning principle.

He added that the zoning principle, which alternates the presidency between the North and the South, is a commitment he has long championed.

Should the coalition hand him the ticket for the 2027 presidency on the back of that gentleman’s agreement, and should he win the election, Obi said he would not stay a day longer in office.

“If you take the arrangement, which is understandably what you can call an unwritten agreement that power would go to the South and the North, and if that arrangement is to be followed strictly, you would see that anybody, not just me, who happens to come from the South as president in 2027 must be ready to leave on the 28 of May (not 29), 2031,” he said.

Also, Obi has dismissed talks of a joint ticket with former Vice President Atiku Abubakar ahead of the 2027 election.

He promised not to be part of any coalition that is not about stopping the killings in Benue, Zamfara, or how to revive the economy, make industries productive, and put food on the table of Nigerians.

The former Anambra State governor said this on Sunday night when he appeared on X (formerly Twitter) space to answer questions from supporters.