2027: It's call to duty not anarchy  -  Umeh defends Peter Obi's 'threat' to election riggers

By Bayo Wahab

The senator representing Anambra Central Senatorial District, Victor Umeh, has defended Peter Obi’s warning that Nigerians would resist attempts to manipulate their votes in the 2027 general election, describing the statement as a “call to duty” rather than a threat of anarchy.

Obi had recently warned that Nigerians would no longer tolerate attempts to undermine their votes in the 2027 general election, insisting that their votes must be counted and their choices respected.

“Our votes this time must count, and whoever doesn’t count it, we will count the person,” the Presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) said this at a twonhall meeting in Port Harcourt.

Speaking on Channels Television’s ‘Morning Brief’ on Monday, Umeh said Obi’s comment was neither extreme nor inciting, arguing that it reflected the expectations of Nigerian voters ahead of the 2027 elections.