‘You can’t be trusted’: Onanuga slams Obi over one-term presidency promise

The Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, has criticised former Anambra State Governor Peter Obi over his pledge to serve only one term if elected president.

This follows Obi’s declaration that he would serve only one term if elected president.

“I want to be a one-term president because of stability. I would not stay a day longer than four years… even with a gun in my head,” the former Labour Party presidential candidate declared in an interview with News Central on Wednesday, May 13, 2026.

Onanuga, however, said Nigerians should not trust Obi’s declaration that he would spend only four years in office, arguing that the former governor had a history of abandoning political commitments and changing party affiliations.

Onanuga recalled Obi’s time in the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), where he reportedly vowed never to leave the party that produced him as governor of Anambra State.

The presidential spokesman stated that Obi had pledged loyalty to APGA and its late leader, Dim Chukwuemeka Ojukwu, but later defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

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He said Obi’s movement across different political platforms showed that his promises were often short-lived.

Onanuga wrote on X: “If you believe Peter Obi’s promise to serve only one term as president, you’ll believe anything. Consider his record: while in APGA, he famously placed himself under a self-curse, vowing never to leave the party that made him governor.

“He gave his word to the Ikemba, even on his deathbed, swearing loyalty and fidelity to APGA. Yet, Peter Obi’s pledges have always been short-lived. He ultimately abandoned APGA for the PDP, and since then, he has drifted from one political platform to another—a political rolling stone.

“By his own actions, Peter Obi has shown that his word cannot be trusted. His promises are as fleeting as his political allegiances.”