Amid pressure on Mr Peter Obi to return to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, a founding member of the party, Jerry Gana, has claimed that he (Obi) he will defeat any opponent he runs against in the North under the PDP.
Gana stated this while answering questions on Arise TV's Prime Time on Wednesday night.
Key members of the PDP are pressuring Obi to return to the party he left in 2022.
Obi is still a member of the Labour Party, a platform with which he ran for the presidency in 2023.
He is also a key member of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, powered coalition.
According to Gana, Obi's best bet of becoming president is to run under the PDP in the next general elections.
He said: "I’m a researcher, and I research opinions.
"In the northern states, Peter Obi under the PDP will defeat any candidate, because our people are very fair-minded.
"In 2031, it will be the turn of the North.
"Our people are very fair and we are building a nation."