@EmekaEK He just brought a golden rule of drinking to your attention, you either finish what’s in your cup before standing up or you stand up with the cup…But with this agenda you’re ‘agend-big’ make you sha no learn the hard way oh
Sarki, Sarki, Sarki…Your name is @Waspapping_ how delightfully fitting. One must admire the stamina with which you and your ilk plunge headfirst into the septic pool of falsehoods, all in a desperate crusade to tarnish a man whose most unforgivable crime, it seems, is refusing to kneel at the altar of your political rot. If you insist on flinging mud, the least you could do is upgrade your arsenal beyond WhatsApp forwards and beer-parlour hearsay.
Let’s take your trifecta of lies and dismantle them one by one, calmly, surgically, and with a precision befitting those who deal in truth, not tantrums.
1. The Ezu River Incident
Yes, in January 2013, Nigeria woke to the horror of corpses floating on the Ezu River. But your attempt to stitch this tragedy to Peter Obi's lapel is as dishonest as it is lazy. The Ezu River lies along the Anambra–Enugu border, and the incident was widely attributed to the notorious Federal SARS, an institution firmly under federal control, not the governor’s purview.
@PeterObi did not sweep it under the rug. He called on the federal government and human rights agencies for a full investigation. If your Google is working, you’ll find no fewer than five major rights groups confirming this. But as is often the case in Nigeria, justice was buried not by Obi, but by the same central forces you curiously refuse to scrutinize.
So unless you have forensic evidence that ties Obi to those killings, please return your propaganda kit to its moth-eaten shelf.
2. “Poverty increased by 38.7%”?
This is not just a lie. It’s theatre. Tell us, Sarki, what’s your source? A fortune cookie? Because here are the facts:
- Under Obi’s tenure, Anambra surged from 24th to 1st place in WAEC performance nationwide.
- He cleared pension and salary arrears that his predecessors conveniently ignored.
- He handed over ₦75 billion, a mix of cash and investments upon leaving office. Not debts. Assets.
- His administration met and even surpassed several Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the only state to do so at the time.
He earned commendations from the World Bank, UNDP, and other international institutions for transparency and fiscal discipline.
If poverty increased by nearly 40%, then we must ask: how did the metrics for education, health, infrastructure, and investor confidence all rise simultaneously? Your math is broken, Sarki. Fix it.
3. Investment in “Family Beer Business”
Ah yes, the brewery fable, a lazy smear tactic for those who think nuance is overrated.
Here’s what actually happened: the Obi-led administration invested in SABMiller, a multinational beverage conglomerate, as part of a strategic economic development plan. The brewery was not “family-owned”; it was an international $100 million venture that created jobs, expanded the state’s revenue base, and yielded returns. These investments formed part of the legacy ₦75 billion Obi left behind.
If this were nepotism, fraud, or insider trading, where are the investigations? Why didn’t EFCC, ICPC, or even Governor Soludo, a vocal critic of Obi open a case? Because it was clean. Legitimate. Transparent. Unlike the untraceable billions your heroes continue to bury in foreign vaults and thieving cronies.
Let’s be clear.
Peter Obi is not perfect. No human is. But compared to the rogues’ gallery that has paraded through Nigerian leadership, men who left debts, unpaid salaries, and abandoned hospitals, Obi remains a rare example of frugality, integrity, and governance with vision.
He doesn’t have to be your messiah, Sarki. But your attempt to make him a villain will keep failing, because we, the informed electorate, have receipts. Volumes of them.
So if your next attack isn’t backed by facts, kindly save us all the bandwidth. We are busy trying to fix Nigeria, not babysit the insecurities of people allergic to good governance.
Now, run along. The adult table is full.
We will not sit idly while professional fiction writers like you try to blur the line between thieves and stewards, looters and savers. If you must attack, come armed with facts, not fibs wrapped in tribal malice and political servitude. Until then, kindly excuse yourself from the adult table once again. Nigeria is hemorrhaging, and we are far too busy searching for a cure to indulge in your hallucinations.
@SisiOniDukia Lola's point is in comparison to other forms of investment, as you can't put a property for sale in the market today and close out on the deal tomorrow (except in rare occasions where no search would be conducted); but an investment in stock/bond can be easily converted into cash