This post by @PeterObi is exactly why I remain proudly Obidient.
While others throw accusations around and hope the public forgets, he brings receipts. He names the bank. He gives the account number. He tells you the exact amount that was left untouched.
Then he goes a step further and says: “If anybody can establish anything to the contrary, I will stop campaigning.”
That is not politics as usual. That is a man who knows his records are clean and is willing to stake his entire ambition on it.
In a country where public funds disappear and nobody is ever held accountable, this kind of transparency is rare. He didn’t just manage Anambra’s resources; he treated them like they belonged to the people, not to him. He paid off old debts, left no salary arrears, and even refused to touch money meant for a specific project because he believed government should be a continuum.
This is the integrity I signed up for. This is why I joined the Obidient movement. Not because of slogans or personality cults, but because I am tired of leaders who cannot look us in the eye and say “check my books.”
Nigeria does not need another politician who talks about change. We need one who has already practiced it and is not afraid of scrutiny.
If una no vote this man next year.. na una sabi
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
"If I become the president of Nigeria today and anyone is found rigging an election even if by one vote, that person would be jailed, No polical party will be Harrased, we will be working with the opposition polical parties.”
— Peter Obi, speaking on Arise TV
Peter Obi is out here defending hard earned foreign currencies he left as Governor of Anambra State while the useless criminal politicians that stole money are still in political office and some are still contesting!! It’s Madness!!
This man should be enjoying his life, not trying to help people that are cursed. Nonsense!!
Anambra Debt: I Stand by My Statement, Peter Obi Left $155m in Three Banks — Otti
In a piece I wrote over six years ago titled "Prudence Over Profligacy," I demonstrated, using the balance Peter Obi left in Anambra, that it is still possible to be prudent in government. As CEO of the bank at that time, I advised Peter Obi to leave the money in dollars, not naira. The Soludo administration’s allegations do not invalidate what I wrote nor the credit he left behind. If otherwise, the Anambra State Government should publish the debts.
Alex Otti, Governor of Abia State
“As the CEO of Diamond Bank then, Peter Obi left $155 million. I can attest to that. He wanted to leave it in naira, but I advised him to leave it in dollars.”
— Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, once again confirming this morning that Peter Obi left about $155 million for Anambra State when he left office as governor.
It's insane how much you have to detach from tribalism if you actually want to understand football. I too was a huge huge Ronaldo fan once. Then mfs ask why I talk about Barca so much.... brother, the two players I rate the most (Messi, Yamal) came through their system.
You can keep your goals stats but when it comes to being the “better player” then football history will always remember Messi as the best player of all time
Here is the point Oga is trying to raise here.
We have now treated this topic. It's now in the past. It will never be treated again.
Secondly, I am not your mate, focus on your level and Govern your state
One of my favorite parts about this World Cup was that Messi got to show a generation of young footballers who didn't even witness him in his prime years that he was still the best player on the face of the planet. Even though Argentina lost the final this tournament improved his myth imo
Omo!!!!
Peter Obi carried a hard copy of his handover note with the amounts left in every bank.
LMAO
See the person Soludo wants to play dirty with. A former bank chairman.
😂😂😂
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.
What Messi did at this World Cup is one of the most absurd, logic defying things I’ve ever seen a footballer do. Even by Messi’s own GOATLY standards.
I’ll never get tired of saying this.