2027: Obi doesn’t need governors to win South-South — IHIF

By Emmanuel Iheaka
OWERRI — The Igbo Heroes and Icons Foundation (IHIF) has said the presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi, does not need the backing of state governors to secure support in the South-South geopolitical zone in the 2027 election.
Leader of the foundation, Hon. Chinedu Nsofor, stated this while reacting to comments attributed to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, on Obi’s political strength and reliance on popular support rather than political heavyweights.
Nsofor said the key question ahead of the 2027 election should not be whether Obi has access to government machinery, but whether a candidate can build ...