The Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has expressed confidence ahead of the 2027 general election, assuring his supporters and party faithful that no one will be able to intimidate them at the polling booths.

Obi also vowed that anyone who attempts to disenfranchise voters or prevent their votes from counting would himself be “counted.”

He made the remarks recently during a Town Hall Meeting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.

He said: “Nobody will intimidate us again at the polling booths. If you get to any polling booth today, the highest number of officials you see in any polling booth is five.”

“The average number of voters is 40 to 50. There’s no way five people will intimidate 50 people. And we will make sure we have coordination to ensure that such intimidation does not arise.”

“The people who are in these polling booths are from families that are suffering of hunger. Some of the policemen, their children are not in school. All they want is for you to defend and demand that your vote most count.”

“And that is the demand we are going to make aggressively. Yes, they will try to manipulate the IReV. But let me tell you, it will not be easy this time.”

“There will be so many IReVs this time. This time around, if there is network glitch, we will give them another one that has no glitch.”

“By allowing them to continue, that glitch will glitch our lives. That’s what we are suffering today. This time all of us will rescue our country. Somebody said, ‘we are ready to die. Let me tell you, ‘I’m ready to die too.”