{"id":193581,"date":"2026-02-05T10:01:52","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T09:01:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/fayose-peter-obi-cant-be-president-nigeria-is-finished"},"modified":"2026-02-05T11:08:26","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T10:08:26","slug":"fayose-peter-obi-cant-be-president-nigeria-is-finished","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/fayose-peter-obi-cant-be-president-nigeria-is-finished","title":{"rendered":"Fayose: Peter Obi Can&#8217;t Be President Nigeria Is Finished"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Isaac Fayose, brother of former Ekiti governor, Ayodele Fayose, has expressed disappointment over the state of democracy in Nigeria, describing the opposition as powerless.<\/p>\n<p>In a video shared on X, Fayose lamented the collapse of the country\u2019s political and electoral systems.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cADC is dead on arrival. Peter Obi can never be president. Nobody can be president again unless they select you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He criticized the rejection of electoral reforms by the Senate, the weakening of the judiciary, and the broader political system, warning that these developments have left Nigerians without meaningful opposition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cElectoral reform is gone. Even the initiatives that Jonathan started have been thrown into the dustbin. No more BVAS,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Fayose described the situation as a personal and national tragedy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the saddest day of my life. Our generation were unable to change this. We lost the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also expressed frustration at the broader collapse of public services, noting that sectors like healthcare, policing, and customs are failing, and blamed political leaders for the country\u2019s woes.<\/p>\n<p>He urged Nigerians to come to terms with the current political reality.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe lost it. We lost Nigeria. Nigeria is gone. Just fighting is just stressing yourself at this juncture,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The Senate on Wednesday passed the Electoral Act 2022 (Repeal and Reenactment) Amendment Bill 2026 through its third reading.<\/p>\n<p>However, the upper chamber did not approve the proposed amendment to Clause 60, Subsection 3 of the bill, which sought to make the electronic transmission of election results mandatory. The decision has since sparked widespread reactions from the public.<\/p>\n<p>In response, Senate President Godswill Akpabio clarified that the Senate did not reject electronic transmission of election results outright.<\/p>\n<p>He explained that the chamber only declined to make real-time transmission of results to the result portal compulsory, leaving the provision non-mandatory rather than scrapped entirely.<\/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. Isaac Fayose, brother of former Ekiti governor, Ayodele Fayose, has expressed disappointment over the state of democracy in Nigeria, describing the opposition as powerless. In a video shared on X, Fayose lamented the collapse of the country\u2019s political and electoral systems. \u201cADC is dead on arrival. Peter Obi can never be president. 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