PETER OBI DO NOT HAVE ANY REPUTATION TO PROTECT: Here is why;
As a lawyer, I find the defamation suit reportedly instituted by @PeterObi against @realkenokonkwo rather curious and difficult to appreciate from a strategic standpoint. The essence of a defamation action is the protection of a reputation that has been unjustly damaged. However, where a public figure has been subjected to prolonged public criticism, political scrutiny, and widespread debate over their actions and statements, the practical challenge becomes demonstrating that the alleged defamatory statements have caused a fresh and measurable injury to an already contested public image.
Does Peter Obi even have any reputation to protect? I doubt he has any reputation to be defamed. Reputation is not what a person value himself but what others value him. Peter Obi is banking enforcing a reputation that is long dead, therefore an action like this is laughable.
In a democracy, political figures inevitably expose themselves to intense criticism, and the law of defamation must be carefully balanced against the constitutional right to freedom of expression. The courts are not intended to become venues for settling every political disagreement or silencing harsh opinions.
Nevertheless, whether the action succeeds or fails ultimately depends on the specific words complained of, whether they are statements of fact or opinion, their truth or falsity, whether they were published to third parties, and whether they have lowered the claimant in the estimation of right-thinking members of society.
Let me emphasize it here again, right-thinking members of the society does not include members of the OBIDIENTS movement.
E. O. Ogar, Esq.
In all my life, I have never seen any fraud as strategic as this.
You contacted a foreign airline, got them to paint Nigeria Air on their own plane, got people to disguise as NG Air pilots, organised a team to wear Nigeria Air clothes, organised media to cover Nigeria Air arrival, clear the airport for Nigeria Air.
Got Newspaper to cover Nigeria Air.
Got media houses to cover emergence of Nigeria Air.
Cut Ribbon to celebrate Nigerian Air
Flew the plane back to the original country.
Told the Masses of a breaking project.
Got creme de last creme of the country.
This is crazy and evil.
The igbo people authorized it when we will vote for him. You all think you're important. No be only governors or think tank. Dan run for office and see if igbos will vote you.
On whose behalf did Peter Obi enter the one-term presidency pact?
By Dan Nwomeh
The reported and indeed confirmed vow by the presidential candidate of the NDC, Mr. Peter Obi, to serve only one term if elected president in 2027 raises profound political and moral questions from the South East and wider Igbo perspective. Beyond the applause from his zealous followers lies a troubling issue that many Igbo are afraid to ask openly. On whose behalf did Peter Obi enter into a one-term presidency pact for the South East?
When did Ndigbo collectively agree that, after decades of exclusion from the sanctum of central executive power in Nigeria, our long-awaited opportunity should come with a self-imposed expiry date of just four years?
Since Nigeria's independence in 1960, no Igbo man has occupied the office of Executive President of Nigeria, or whatever other title it may have borne, except during the brief military interregnum of Major General JTU Aguiyi-Ironsi, which lasted barely six months. Every other geopolitical zone in Nigeria has produced military or civilian leaders who either served for extended periods or sought to retain power for as long as the constitutional and political arrangements of their time permitted.
The North has had multiple opportunities. The North East, which had the first shot under Prime Minister Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, held power from the 1959 federal elections until the January 15, 1966 coup. Balewa sought and won a second mandate in 1964 and remained in office until the coup. The North West has occupied the office the longest, for a combined total of about 22 years (General Murtala Mohammed, President Shehu Shagari, General Muhammadu Buhari, General Sani Abacha, President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua, and President Buhari), while the North Central has held power for the second-longest period, a combined total of about 17 years and 11 months (General Yakubu Gowon, General Ibrahim Babangida, and General Abdulsalami Abubakar).
The South West has had its turn too, occupying power for a combined total of about 14 years and 7 months (General Olusegun Obasanjo, President Obasanjo, and President Bola Tinubu), although still counting under Tinubu. (I have deliberately omitted the three-month interim administration of Ernest Shonekan under military oversight, which severely undermined his exercise of full executive authority and control of the machinery of state).
The South-South, through President Jonathan, completed President Yar'Adua's first term following his unfortunate demise and secured a fresh full four-year term, making a total of about five years and three months. He still went on to seek another full term thereafter.
But when it supposedly comes to the South East's turn, suddenly we are being told that four years is enough.
Why?
Is the South East deserving only of symbolic occupancy of Aso Rock rather than full participation in power and its attendant benefits like every other zone? Are we merely seeking ceremonial validation rather than real political consolidation and national relevance? These are uncomfortable questions, but they must be asked.
A presidency is not won merely for personal glory or emotional satisfaction. Political power, especially in a deeply divided country like Nigeria, is also about long-term strategic positioning for one's region and people. Every region that attained durable influence in Nigeria did so through sustained participation in the national power structure, alliance-building, institutional control, and continuity – advantages that an extended occupancy of the presidency confers and reinforces.
So again, on whose authority is Peter Obi entering into a political pact limiting the South East to one term? Did the governors authorize it? Did our elected federal, state, and council representatives endorse it? Did Ohanaeze and the traditional authorities authorize it? Did the business and political elite of the South East, or any strategic think tank within the region,
@MasterBolaji@OlasunkanmiHas2 "i guess criminal and fraudulent is an igbo thing"
This was in the tweet but you chose to respond to this tweet without correcting the notion. Lol. You're used to what you are..
The way ADC folks talk about obidients you'd be wondering if they didn't want obidients votes barely a month ago.. they are these they are that but you wanted obi to stay in ADC and obidients vote for atiku?? Is it not the same opposition you said obi divided?
PO has never finished what he started. The letter to Kenneth Okonkwo is not the first he has written and will not be the last.
PO still needs leadership training and tolerance.
Ejaejo can never match bizzy body wtf are you saying?? Do you know the era bizzy body was released ?? Wetin una dey talk?? Analyzing music with a simplistic view. Bizzy body was a hit massive hit. Ejaejo wasn't a hit..
He claims "Ejajo" is a flop but it's on 4.1 million after 11 years.
Meanwhile "Bizzy Body" is on 9.4 million after 15 years. Meaning "Ejajo" has done around half of that with 4 years to spare.
Ifunanya has done 3.4 million in 14 years.
Once a number of their songs have eclipsed Ejajo.
This guy is a terrible person.
No wonder his twin doesn't want anything to do with him anymore.
Since he's now by himself, and the fans are looking for whatever, let him sing the one that will get the views by himself.
See the nonsnses.. and someone will tell me "vote this one so igbos will be close to power" close to power with all these nonsense? I should vote against my wishes to push someone else's ambition just cos he is an igbo man??
@sector00007@NonsoEzeani1@PeterObi You guys say nonsense with boldness.. the burden of proof is on the person who made the accusations. Consult a lawyer and stop embarrassing yourself..
Is ADC still running for the 2027 presidential election? Or they are running to just abuse Obi? ADC is basically attacking someone who walked away quietly. That is horrible.
You want coalition with insults and emotional gaslighting??? Lmao. Obi is done leave him alone. If he isn't running with atiku and he isnt on the ticket i will sleep in my house during election day.. atiku should go win votes with only nothern votes na.
Nigerians are ingrate...
Every Nigerian should be on their knees begging Tinubu to contest for a second term.
He is finally tackling the foundational issues that past leaders ran away from.
It’s a shame that so many Nigerians are too ungrateful to see the heavy lifting he is doing.
Datti’s new obsession with castigating Obi seems as bitter as Obi’s determination to stop Atiku from becoming President.
I really don’t like Datti castigating Obi this way and I’ve said it - it’s a betrayal of humanity.
But life sometimes rewards evil in greater measure.
They are crying as if they want the best for igbos.. people who are looking for the best landing for themselves will come here to cry. Mr Kenneth in 2027 the igbos will make our choices known. If all your aim is igbo alignment better support APC. Atiku is a dead road..