The 2027 race just got louder.
At the packed unveiling of the Makinde/Daura Presidential Campaign Headquarters in Abuja yesterday, NDC presidential candidate Peter Obi walked in unannounced — and dropped a political bombshell.
Obi endorses Makinde for the top job
To gasps from organizers, Obi turned to Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde and declared him fit for Aso Rock.
“Seyi Makinde is qualified to contest for President,” Obi said to applause. “We want the people of Nigeria to make their choice. Whoever they choose, all of us will come together to build a new Nigeria.”
The former Anambra governor warned opposition politicians against desperation, urging a contest built on ideas, not bitterness. “Let our quarrel be to feed our people. Let our quarrel be to pull our people out of poverty,” he said, painting a vision of “a Nigeria where a child of nobody can be somebody without knowing anybody.”
Makinde kills subsidy talk, pushes ‘Reset Nigeria’ oil plan
Makinde, flying the flag of the Allied People’s Movement, used the moment to draw a line in the sand on fuel policy. He rejected any return to subsidy outright.
“That is not my position,” he said. Instead, he proposed a new pricing framework that prices crude supplied to Nigerian refineries as if Nigeria actually owns the oil.
“Nigerians should know what they are paying for, who receives what, and where inefficiencies are increasing the final price,” Makinde argued, calling for transparency from production to the pump.
He framed it as part of his “Reset Nigeria” Agenda — a push to make government explainable and to convert natural resources into cheaper fuel, food and jobs.
Opposition drums for unity ahead of 2027
The event doubled as a show of opposition muscle. Former Niger Governor Aliyu Babangida and IPAC DG Chinedu Obi both called for cooperation, with Babangida backing a southern presidency after eight years in the north.
“They may discount one candidate, whether myself or Governor Peter Obi,” Makinde said. “But they cannot discount millions of Nigerians united behind a better future.”
With the campaign office now open, Makinde and Daura say the fight starts here: for accountability, security, and a government that works for traders, farmers, and young Nigerians.
“This is our country. These are our resources. We count. And together, we will reset Nigeria,” Makinde declared.
