{"id":172599,"date":"2025-08-05T21:11:16","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T20:11:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/north-wont-vote-for-peter-obi-says-apc-chieftain"},"modified":"2025-08-05T22:12:42","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T21:12:42","slug":"north-wont-vote-for-peter-obi-says-apc-chieftain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/north-wont-vote-for-peter-obi-says-apc-chieftain","title":{"rendered":"North Won&#8217;t Vote for Peter Obi Says APC Chieftain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Alwan Hassan, has suggested that the northern region will not vote for Mr Peter Obi in 2027.<\/p>\n<p>Hassan described Obi as the biggest importer of alcohol, questioning why he would want the north to vote for him.<\/p>\n<p>The APC chieftain stated this on Tuesday while fielding questions on Channels TV\u2019s Politics Today programme.<\/p>\n<p>Hassan maintained that nobody is capable of defeating President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 election.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cWho else do you think would defeat Asiwaju come 2027? Who? Peter Obi that was on your programme, saying he wants the north to support him and trust him. At the same time in the same programme, he\u2019s celebrating building breweries in Anambra State and being the biggest importer of alcohol, and he wants the north to vote for him? We\u2019ll vote for a president that will import alcohol in the north?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOr is it those ones that are saying their wives are taking care of them. We cannot hand over this country to people, to men that are being fed by their wives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Alwan Hassan, has suggested that the northern region will not vote for Mr Peter Obi in 2027. Hassan described Obi as the biggest importer of alcohol, questioning why he would want the north to vote for him. The APC chieftain stated this on Tuesday [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":172598,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[34,6815,254,222],"class_list":["post-172599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-apc","tag-hassan","tag-nigeria","tag-peter-obi"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>North Won&#039;t Vote for Peter Obi Says APC Chieftain - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Alwan Hassan, has suggested that the northern region will not vote fo ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/north-wont-vote-for-peter-obi-says-apc-chieftain\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"North Won&#039;t Vote for Peter Obi Says APC Chieftain\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Alwan Hassan, has suggested that the northern region will not vote fo ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/north-wont-vote-for-peter-obi-says-apc-chieftain\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-08-05T20:11:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-08-05T21:12:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/sm_1754415893.110874.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/north-wont-vote-for-peter-obi-says-apc-chieftain#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/north-wont-vote-for-peter-obi-says-apc-chieftain\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"North Won&#8217;t Vote for Peter Obi Says APC Chieftain\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-05T20:11:16+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-08-05T21:12:42+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/north-wont-vote-for-peter-obi-says-apc-chieftain\"},\"wordCount\":204,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/north-wont-vote-for-peter-obi-says-apc-chieftain#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/sm_1754415893.110874.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"APC\",\"hassan\",\"Nigeria\",\"Peter Obi\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/north-wont-vote-for-peter-obi-says-apc-chieftain#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/north-wont-vote-for-peter-obi-says-apc-chieftain\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/north-wont-vote-for-peter-obi-says-apc-chieftain\",\"name\":\"North Won't Vote for Peter Obi Says APC Chieftain - 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