Nigeria, July 25 -- Peter Obi has the best chance against President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in 2027 of all opposition candidates. Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar's Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) may have received a slightly higher percentage of the votes (6.9 million or 29.1 per cent) in the last presidential election; still, that was poor for Atiku, a sixth-timer in the presidential race.

Obi had less than one year to prepare after his former party, the PDP, shafted him, followed by the bitter struggle for control between Atiku and the former Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, which left the party in ruins.

Outside the wreckage, Obi scored 6.1 million or 25.4 per cent of the votes, toppling the All Progressives Congress (APC) in its...