Former presidential media aide Bashir Ahmad warns members of Nigeria’s Obidient Movement not to assume that Nigerian Democratic Congress (NDC) presidential candidate Peter Obi will come second in the 2027 election.
In posts on X cited by multiple outlets, Ahmad says such a belief is “delusional” and that some movement members do not understand how politics works. He argues that online enthusiasm and political sentiment are not substitutes for assessing electoral numbers, party structures, regional calculations, and broader political realities.
The outlets also reference Obi’s performance in the 2023 presidential election, where he finished third behind Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate Atiku Abubakar and President Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC). While the reports focus on the same core message and characterization by Ahmad, they frame it through different outlet summaries rather than any new or conflicting details.
