PETER OBI MUST APOLOGISE TO AIRPORT STAFF AND PAY THE FINE FOR WRONG PARKING
As the Minister of Aviation, I felt a moral duty to investigate and authenticate the claim made by opposition candidate, Mr. Peter Obi, a few days ago that the tyres of his car were ‘unjustly’ clamped at the airport, suggesting a ‘persecution agenda’ against him by the Federal Government. Politics aside, every Nigerian is entitled to fair treatment under the law.
I therefore instituted an internal inquiry over the issue.
Luckily enough, the entire Abuja airport is covered by CCTV cameras, real-time, 24/7. But apparently, this fact was unknown to Mr. Peter Obi. Otherwise, perhaps he would have been more circumspect before rushing to the media to cry ‘persecution’.
From the recordings, these are the facts:
1. On Saturday, July 4th, 2026, Mr. Obi arrived at the domestic wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja at exactly 20:28 pm, driven by a Policeman. He alighted with two other occupants and went into the terminal building.
2. The Police driver then parked the vehicle, almost blocking the entrance and came out himself and went into the terminal building too. The airport rule is that, apart from the fact that it is a drop-off zone, a driver must remain behind the wheels of the vehicle for it to be tolerated for some time within that zone. Still the vehicle tyres were not clamped.
3. The Policeman came back to the vehicle at about 20:32pm and collected something from the vehicle and went back into the building again, leaving the vehicle unattended to.
4. At this point, the dutiful airport security staff came over and clamped the tyres of the car. In doing this, contrary to the claims by Peter Obi, nobody was inside the car and so nobody knew whether it was his car (not that it should matter, anyway).
5. When the Policeman returned again and discovered the tyres were clamped, he was directed to an office and upon getting there, he called Mr. Peter Obi on his phone and gave the phone to the manager. Mr. Peter Obi then introduced himself and spoke with the manager, peddled his ‘influence’ and requested for the release of the vehicle. His vehicle was then released without him paying the necessary fine.
6. It is important to note that the time the vehicle was parked unattended to in that prohibited zone was about 30 minutes, which constitutes a security risk at an airport by global best practices.
What has emerged from this is a clear case of an opposition candidate trying to whip up unnecessary sentiments for a wrong he committed with his driver. The excuse which Mr. Peter Obi gave that there were other offenders too on that day (which is completely false) cannot be an excuse for an individual aspiring to be President of Nigeria. He must live above board.
This is a matter that was not even mentioned at all by the airport authorities and had been put to rest. But ever determined to milk any situation to score cheap political points, Mr. Peter Obi decided to go on air to render a false narrative.
Therefore, he must also face the consequences of his actions. (I have attached the CCTV footages to this statement for the public to clearly see what transpired.)
In the circumstances, consistent with the principle of equality before the law, as Minister of Aviation, I make the following demands on Mr. Peter Obi:
1. That he tenders an unreserved, public apology to those hardworking, ordinary Nigerian workers at the airport, just doing their jobs dutifully and whom he sought to blackmail as his ‘persecutors’.
2. That Mr. Peter Obi voluntarily goes back to the airport and pay the appropriate fine of N25,000 for wrongful parking at the airport for which he used ‘influence peddling’ to bully his way out on that day. He cannot be bigger than the law.
If these demands are not met within one week, I will be giving the necessary directives to the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) to take the next steps against him.
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This was my 30-ton-per-day rice processing factory building.
When we started the construction in 2020, a bag of cement was around ₦3k, and within months, it moved to ₦5,500.
And we bought a full truckload [2 trucks in total] for the building project.
We completed the factory, built a 10k-capacity poultry pen, a 10k-capacity fish pen, and 6 rooms of staff quarters and office.
By the time we were done, our rice processing machine was trapped in China due to the COVID-19 lockdown.
When it finally arrived in Nigeria?
I chose the wrong port [Onne Port in Rivers State], and the machine was seized by customs officers.
According to them, they were suspecting the container to have loaded firearms [funny set of people].
So, they broke the container, opened the boxes, and saw only my rice processing machine.
It was closed back.
It was time to release the container, right?
Story that if I share with you, you’ll cry blood.
I cried and paid unnecessary bills in that port before they finally released the machine.
When it finally arrived in Makurdi that particular night, the drivers were insisting we offload at midnight🙈
I told them it was not possible.
All my staff were sleeping by now, and we could not get them to come there.
So, they slept.
The next morning. It was time to offload the container, right?
As the truck was driving to an Industrial Layout in Makurdi where we were to offload, ALL the jobless youths in Makurdi followed behind on bikes.
When they arrived, they demanded we pay ₦250k before offloading anything on Benue soil.
Bro, I am a Benue boy ooooh. A younger boy [I was less than 30 then] building a business in this country.
Guess what? We had no choice but to pay those boys cash. Though we negotiated, begged, and paid less than ₦200k.
Then, we offloaded the machines. I was extremely happy😍😍😍
The event that followed? I will share later. Difficulties continued.
Here is the lesson I want you to get today.
“As an entrepreneur in Nigeria, many times, you’ll spend more money and time fighting external battles than internal ones that you know well”
✍🏻 Unstable prices of inputs
✍🏻 Settling useless street boys
✍🏻 Battling extortion from government regulatory bodies
✍🏻 And more.
You can know your business A-Z and still fail due to external battles you were not prepared for.
It is like that for every entrepreneur in Nigeria, including Alhaji Aliko Dangote. You watched his external battles recently with regulatory bodies.
You see this Agriculture? I know it very well. Is not pride. I was born as a farmer.
But I am learning to beat those external demons programmed into the systems in this country.
And I MUST win them. You have to learn how to win them too my brother.
Good luck. Stay connected.
I will tell you what happened after the installation of the 30-ton-per-day rice processing machine in my factory that year.
See you soon.
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While some are working to build the nation, others are busy stealing our assets.
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Road Safety stopped me this morning.
I’m usually bold whenever they stop me but this morning, I opened my trunk to find that my fire extinguisher was nowhere to be found.
These guys started screaming and saying they’d impound my car if I don’t settle them with 50k.
You could buy a house with the priceless look on their faces when I told them it was a 3k offence and that they should write the ticket. 😂