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[Peter Obi @PeterObi]

On the day I left office, I left more than US$150 million as the dollar component of my investment in Anambra State as governor. I hereby provide documents that can be verified with the various banks. Had it remained untouched, this investment was expected to provide Anambra State with approximately US$10 million in annual income.

Even if their assertion were accurate—which it is not—that Anambra owed US$123 million, the government could have used the US$10 million generated annually from my savings to reduce the debt. It has now been 13 years since I left office, which would amount to US$130 million. The debt should have been fully settled by now.

Had they retained the funds I left in the bank, including the compound interest on the principal and the additional income, the total would be approximately US$335 million today. If they had chosen to repay the US$92.35 million funding, the entire amount would have been covered, leaving approximately US$242 million to be reinvested. That sum would have generated about US$20 million annually for Anambra State.

Let me reiterate that, when I left office, I left Anambra State in a strong financial position—the strongest of any state in Nigeria—and I stand by that position.

Through this clarification, I wish to state categorically that I will neither engage nor trade words with anyone regarding my tenure in Anambra State. My focus will now be on issues affecting the suffering Nigerian masses, which is the reason for my presidential ambition.

A new Nigeria is POssible. -PO

[Peter Obi @PeterObi]

ON THE ANAMBRA DEBT QUESTION

I have remained silent over the past few days because I have been grieving the loss of my very dear elder brother and friend, Chief Okey Ezeibe. However, the time has come for me to address some of the matters that have occupied public discussion in recent days.

I respectfully urge everyone to concentrate on the existential challenges confronting Nigeria and the hardships endured by its citizens, rather than on the needless distractions that have become widespread in our politics.

I wish to assure the public that I have no disagreement with my dear elder brother, Governor Soludo, or with any governor in Nigeria. I am not seeking the office of governor in any state, and I will not seek that position again, even if the Constitution is amended.

Accordingly, I appeal to governors to support whichever presidential candidate they choose while also permitting and assisting other presidential candidates and contenders for other offices to campaign freely and without interruption in their states. Ultimately, voters should be allowed to determine whom they wish to serve them.

Regarding the multilateral funding inaccurately described as “debt owed by Peter Obi” in Anambra State, I wish to state unequivocally:

As Governor of Anambra State, I did not approach any financial institution to borrow funds or issue a bond on behalf of the state. Indeed, at his farewell ceremony, the then Director-General of the DMO, Abraham Nwankwo, appointed me chairman and declared that, during his 10 years in office, I was the only state governor who had not approached him for a loan facility.

When I left office, the Anambra State Government owed no unpaid salaries, gratuities, or pensions. Neither did it owe any contractor or supplier who had completed work that the government had verified and certified.

Regarding development financing from the World Bank, these are concessionary development-support funds secured by the Federal Government for states selected by it to address specific needs. Repayment is spread over 25 to 30 years.

The Anambra State Government must therefore differentiate among three separate figures: the total amount approved for the multiyear development program; the amount Anambra State actually drew during my tenure; and the funding balance outstanding when I handed over on 17 March 2014.

The government has combined these distinct categories, added them together, and described the resulting US$123.77 million as “loans left by Peter Obi.” That is an incorrect application of public-sector accounting.

The eight facilities identified were primarily World Bank and IFAD development programs negotiated by the Federal Government, with participating states receiving access to the funds through subsidiary arrangements. They were not conventional commercial loans that I personally secured during my tenure.

This does not suggest that Anambra had no repayment responsibilities; rather, each facility must be examined in light of its approval, effectiveness, drawdown, and repayment record.

The clearest contradiction appears in the government’s own figures. It states that the original facilities amounted to approximately US$123.77 million and that US$92.35 million remained outstanding in June 2026. However, the DMO’s published records showed Anambra’s total external debt at approximately US$18 million when I began my tenure in March 2006, about US$30 million in March 2014, when I left office, and approximately US$45.15 million as of 31 December 2014, nine months after my departure.

The Anambra State Government must therefore clarify how a state whose recorded external debt was about US$30 million in March 2014 and US$45.15 million in December 2014 could supposedly have inherited US$123.77 million from Peter Obi, who left office in March of that same year.

[An Uncle named Chiké 🌤 @Unclechike1]

If an APC thug tries to kill you, Kill him without hesitation.
Spread the word.

[Peter Obi @PeterObi]

Let's begin to give dignity to human lives in our land.

The death of 37 persons in the custody of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Minna, Niger State, is a deeply troubling tragedy that demands urgent answers. These were persons who had been arrested as suspects. Whatever offence they were suspected of committing, they were still human beings, and the responsibility of the State was to keep them alive, safe, and treated humanely while due process took its course.

It is particularly disturbing that so many people could die within a place of detention in such a short period. While investigations are ongoing into the actual cause of these deaths, including reports concerning disease, overcrowding, and inadequate ventilation, Nigerians deserve a transparent, independent, and credible investigation that establishes exactly what happened.

This tragedy also reminds us that security is not merely about arresting people. Security is about protecting lives, upholding the dignity of every citizen, and ensuring that the institutions entrusted with our safety operate within the law.

A nation cannot claim to value human life when people can enter government custody alive and emerge dead without immediate, transparent, and credible accountability.

I extend my deepest condolences to the families of the deceased and urge the authorities to ensure that justice is done. Nigeria must become a country where the rule of law protects every citizen, not only those who are free but also those who are in custody.

May God grant the families the strength to bear this painful loss. -PO

[Oluwakemi Oyefeso @i_am_agbeke]

Not kulikuli and akara🫩

[NEFERTITI @firstladyship]

₦97 fuel: Goodluck must go.
₦1,470 fuel: Relax, Tinubu is fixing Nigeria.

[👑S.A.L.A.K.O🕊 @UnkleAyo]

You should share this everywhere. WhatsApp. Facebook. Instagram. Tiktok.

Run targeted ads on Pornhub & xnxx, I don't care.

This is what your lived reality has been under APC. Your life, fizzled.

You are living it but sometimes you need someone to shove it in your face.

[Abu Amir @SadiqMaunde]

You see how Peter Obi, in less than 24hrs, cleared the air, personally, not through his aides or spokesperson?

That’s how his presidency will look like.

We mustn’t sleep on Peter Obi’s presidency!

Nigeria must be OK!

[Peter Obi @PeterObi]

Debunking the Phantom Debts and Ecological Loan Fallacy

My attention has been drawn to trending claims by the Anambra State Government that my administration left behind inherited debts, including a ₦2 billion ecological loan, contractor liabilities, and unpaid salaries, gratuities, and pensions. This is completely false.

We systematically liquidated historical gratuities and arrears dating back several years, amounting to over ₦35 billion. At the point of handover, the state owed nothing in salaries, gratuities, or pensions, nor did we owe anything to any contractor for projects duly executed and certified.

The ₦2 billion ecological fund in question was released barely three months before the end of my tenure for the Oko/Umuchiana erosion crisis. Despite pressure to spend the money, I refused, insisting that it should be left for my successor because government is a continuum and the funds were tied to a specific project.

The money was therefore left 100 per cent intact in First Bank, in Account No. 2018779464, with a balance of over ₦2.13 billion.

It is important to stress that funds tied to specific projects or set aside for particular purposes were not even included in the over ₦75 billion in savings we left behind.

If anybody can establish anything to the contrary, I will stop campaigning. -PO

[Osamudiamen @OSAS4l]

A candidate who has verifiable source of income and zero corruption case to his name
Is not a lesser evil.

[PIDOMNIGERIA @UNOFFICIALFACT]

Dear Peter Obi supporters, Kwankwaso supporters, NDC supporters, Nigerians of good conscience, brothers and sisters, Peter Obi and NDC needs your help this campaign season. He is being targeted by APC and APC governors.

State Governors are intentionally playing the devil's advocate in denying Peter Obi a formidable presidential campaign this season.
They are slamming ridiculous amounts on political parties for approval for campaign billboards, posters, and other political materials in their states.

From 200 million, 300, 500, 750 million, to almost a billion naira, just for political campaign approval. We know their target, and it's Peter Obi and NDC.

On that note, well meaning Nigerians with capacity must play their individual roles in marketing Peter Obi and the NDC in their various locations by doing some of the following.

We need to put out at least 5 million branded T-shirts bearing the face of Peter Obi and Kwankwaso. The NDC party logo, and INEC'S ballot paper showing NDC as the party every Nigerians should vote for.

Based on your capacity, you can buy from 2, 3, 4, 5, up to 100, or 1000 white T-shirts, take them for branding, add the print of Peter Obi and Kwankwaso's picture, NDC's logo and INEC's ballot paper. Share these T-shirts to okada men, agberos, homeless people, neighbours around, church members, bus drivers, students, artisans, etc.

Since the APC government is hell-bent on depriving Peter Obi access to their state to distribute campaign posters, we are going to use the people as our moving posters and billboards, with our streets flooded with Peter Obi and NDC's logo on T-shirts.

Little drops of water can make a mighty ocean. Your 2,3,4,5, 10,100 to 1000 Peter Obi and NDC's support branded T-shirts can go a long way to market him in your state, and will brighten his chances in 2027.

You can buy a T-shirt of 3k, brand it with 1k and share, based on your capacity. 2 of it will cost you 8k, while 3 of it will cost you 12k. That is a necessary sacrifice every well meaning Nigerian can sacrifice for the betterment of this nation.

Our target is between 5 to 10 million Peter Obi and NDC branded T-shirts across the nation. If we all can do between 2 and 3 campaign T-shirts based on our individual financial capacities, we can comfortably push out 5 or 10 million T-shirts for Obi.

Please do it by yourself. Buy the T-shirts, Brand it, and distribute it within your location as you personal campaign contribution.

Vote OK. Vote Peter Obi, vote NDC.

For further clarification, my DM is open.

[Wale Banks 📊 @iamwalebanks]

APC is like a fund manager who crashed a portfolio from 100% to 20%, watched it recover to 23%, then came online to celebrate a “3% portfolio growth.”

Sir, the portfolio is still down 77%.

This is not recovery. It’s damage control with a press conference.

[Engr Cajet @arinzecajet001]

Tinubu told you not to vote for him for 2nd term if he can’t give you 24hrs electricity.

So Tinubu is watching to see if you are stupid.

[Peter Obi @PeterObi]

A President and the Endless Question of His Past

As a citizen of no other country, who has never sought foreign citizenship even when doing so became fashionable, my loyalty to Nigeria and my faith in her destiny remain unshaken.

Yesterday, 30th of August, being Sunday, I fervently prayed for our nation and for those entrusted with the solemn responsibility of leadership. I found myself deeply saddened by the direction in which our country is heading.

It is profoundly embarrassing that we have reached a point where a sitting President is asking a foreign court to withhold records concerning his past, particularly records relating to matters of legitimate public interest.

Leadership, in my humble view, demands the courage and humility to confront one’s history — to acknowledge mistakes, provide candid explanations where questions arise, and, where necessary, apologise and seek forgiveness. True authority is strengthened, not diminished, when a leader accepts responsibility rather than seeks to shield uncomfortable aspects of the past from legitimate scrutiny.

This becomes particularly important when questions concern educational credentials. Issues surrounding foundational schooling — primary and secondary — should not remain unresolved or be addressed primarily through legal proceedings. Nigerians deserve clear, credible, and verifiable explanations, especially when such had been submitted in the past.

My deepest concern is the example this sets for more than 200 million Nigerians, particularly the over 30 million young people in schools. The nation’s highest office should exemplify integrity, accountability, transparency, and ethical leadership.

An imperfect past is part of the human condition. What matters is the willingness to confront it with humility, honesty and deep apology, to make amends where necessary and, when circumstances so demand, to place the interests of the nation above personal ambition.

When will our political class fully appreciate that individual ambitions are temporary, while the nation endures? The Presidency is an office held for a season; the moral standards established by those who occupy it can influence generations.

Nigeria is greater than any one person, and the integrity of the Republic must always come before the interests of the individual.

A New Nigeria is POssible. -PO

[Peter Obi @PeterObi]

I have consistently continued to respectfully appeal to those in office today to prioritise reconstruction and maintenance of existing roads and other infrastructure over commencing new ones.

I left someone in Onitsha on Saturday night to take the first bus to Lagos on Sunday morning. Until I left Lagos at 8 pm yesterday, he had not arrived in Lagos. He only arrived in Lagos at about 2 pm today. A journey that usually takes a maximum of 8 hours now takes nearly two days.

This is not just about bad roads. It is about lost man-hours, stranded passengers sleeping on highways, wasted fuel, damaged vehicles, delayed goods, and businesses losing millions of naira.

Nigerians do not need new projects just for the headlines. We need functional roads that make life and economic activity possible.

A government must understand that infrastructure is not necessarily about the size of the project; it is about the number of lives and livelihoods it improves.

A new Nigeria is POSSIBLE, and Nigeria will be OK. -PO

[Esther Umoh @EstherUmoh10]

I am OK ✌️
Are you OK?

[Shehu Gazali Sadiq @Rejoice_inlife]

That is the logo. Repost to inform Nigerians.

[Seyram @__theSeyram]

dear algorithm, please show this tweet only to people who are going to win soon no matter what.

[PIDOMNIGERIA @UNOFFICIALFACT]

2027 Election campaign season is here.
If you are a Peter Obi supporter, lover, or 100% sure to vote for Obi for president, we need to connect you to the larger community, give your tweets more engagements and visibility and also stand together as one to face the APC.

Retweet this post, drop your handle and a comment in the comment section, follow whoever that likes or repost this tweet, the person will follow you back ASAP. If he or she doesn't follow back, kindly unfollow such person. The person is not a true supporter of Peter Obi.

APC and Tinubu supporters please stay out of this. You are not welcomed here or needed here.

[Ibeh @masurge7]

When he removed subsidy the whole nation felt it.

Why do we now need Google, analysts and microscope for us to "feel" the benefits 😂?