{
  "id": 12598700,
  "title": "2027: Peter Obi will win without you – Isaac Fayose tells Igbos",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/2027-peter-obi-will-win-without-you-isaac-fayose-tells-igbos",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-07T09:37:38.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Post Nigeria",
    "slug": "daily-post-nigeria",
    "url": "https://dailypost.ng/2026/10/07/2027-peter-obi-will-win-without-you-isaac-fayose-tells-igbos/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Isaac Fayose, sibling of the former Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose, expressed confidence that Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), will secure victory in the 2027 general election, regardless of whether Igbos choose to support him. Fayose conveyed this sentiment through a video posted on his official Facebook page on Wednesday. He further asserted that any Igbo individual backing the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led administration is deemed wicked. According to Fayose, over the past 40 years, with the exception of the late Biafra leader, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, no other Igbo man has matched the accomplishments of NDC presidential candidate Peter Obi. He declared, \"Any Igbo man supporting this APC government is a wicked Igbo man. When it comes to politics in Igbo land, in the last 40 years, apart from late Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, no other Igbo man has done what Peter Obi has done. 'Any Igbo man that does not support Peter Obi is a wicked and jealous Igbo man. You all should know that with or without you, Obi will still win come January 2027.'\"",
  "summary": "Isaac Fayose, younger brother of former Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has expressed optimism that the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, presidential candidate, Peter Obi, will win the 2027 general election with or without the support of Igbos. Fayose made this statement in a video he posted on his official Facebook page on Wednesday. He equally […] 2027: Peter Obi will win without you –…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}