Peter Obi: Don’t Hold the 1966 Coup Against Me, I Was Only 4 Years Old
I am committed to the future of the North. I believe the North has so much to offer Nigeria. As a country, we can make more money from agriculture than we do from oil. There were regrettable things that happened in our collective history. I was not personally involved in those sad events, but it is time to show love and pursue unity in Nigeria. We must not dwell on the past. We can only build through love.
Peter Obi, NDC Presidential Candidate
Happy Birthday to the most beautiful, the most delectable, & the most radiant Mrs Margaret Obi, the incoming First Lady of Nigeria by the special grace of God. I wish you many more years of grace & abundant blessings. 😍🤩
Y’all don’t get it, if Opay asks me to contribute 100K for this go to do jail, even if it’s just 3 months, I will gladly do it.
Enough is enough abeg. Grown ass adults moving like dumbfucks & calling it “cruise”, dw una go learn.
“After I posted it on my X page, I deleted it when I saw OPay’s notice that it was fake, and I publicly apologized. Five days later, I was picked up in Zaria, Kaduna State, following a petition by OPay.” — X creator Hafsat Abubakar opens up after arrest
karo blaq, btw.
na who no understand no go understand. una dey steady troll am say e dey rant when things no work out, i pray make una no jam wetin.
“e guide now” “shebi e get motor”
lmaooo okay nau
i opened back up acct to tweet how i feel so i don’t spoil my main acct. i constantly tweet how i feel. the followers of the acct rose regardless. i’m still using the acct for the same purpose bc that’s the sole purpose of the acct. if you don’t fw it unfollow or stfu.
Our National Tragedies are Resources for National Transformation
I have received many calls and text messages from patriotic Nigerians who were annoyed that an Arise News anchor wanted me to answer questions about the 1966 coups, which were national tragedies. I reassured those patriots that, as a presidential candidate, I am ready and able to answer any questions about anything relating to Nigeria. I have a commitment to serve the people, not to hide from them.
As I travel across Nigeria and listen to Nigerians of all ethnic and religious identities, I have had opportunities to reflect on the many tragedies we have experienced in Nigeria, including the 1966 coups, the civil war, and the various mass violence that have plagued different parts of the country.
My view is that we could have avoided these tragedies if we had entrenched and implemented laws justly. These tragedies are the result of leadership failure. It is our responsibility to understand these failures and fix them.
The failure of leadership to guarantee all its citizens equal rights and freedoms, and to enforce the fundamental rights in the constitution without fear or favour.
We must focus on learning from our past. Mistakes in history are not fatal. They can become opportunities for transformation.
This happened in Japan. The Japanese miracle that took place between 1920 and 1970 was a product of patriotic leaders who used the Japanese trauma of colonial rule to drive miraculous economic development. South Korea followed Japan by weaponising cruel experiences under Japan to develop a policy framework of a developmental state, and became an economic giant under the inspiration of General Park from 1960. The same applies to China under Deng Xiaoping, who reinvented China from the tragedies of Chairman Mao’s Cultural Revolution and the many deaths of that ill-fated policy. Today, China is the second-largest economy in the world. What a transformation. That is our vision. That should also be our history.
For me, my responsibility as Nigerian President is to turn the pains and tragedies of the past into opportunities to make Nigeria united, stable, and prosperous.
We need a leadership that is not trapped in the past, a leadership that focuses on what binds us together rather than what divides us. At this point, we need a leader who believes in the destiny and future of Nigeria, a leader who publicly proclaims that all parts of Nigeria abound in human and natural resources, and that all parts of Nigeria can become productive and prosperous.
The difference in human history is having leaders who do not maximise those pasts for selfish ambition but leverage them to build a prosperous future for all.
Even in Africa, we can learn from Rwanda on how a recent terrible experience is being used to advance national unity and prosperity. We can do the same for Nigeria.
I am ready to speak about what the voters consider important. I am ready to comfort and console. I am ready to lead from the front as we work to turn away from the ugly past and into a future where no Nigerian will suffer on account of his or her ethnicity, religion, or social pedigree. Our past is important, but our past is not our destiny. Our future is what we do with our past. Our past is our resource for national transformation. We are ready to transform Nigeria.
A New Nigeria is POssible. -PO
You know what annoys me so much about this video? It’s the fact that If this guy in all his foolishness crashes into someone and kills the person but he miraculously survives it. Nothing will happen to him because;
- He’s from a wealthy family.
- He’s in Nigeria.
“Federal Government has come to play politics with Onitsha Head Bridge. That is why, now that the election is close, they have come to repair it. If you hear how much they budgeted for that, you will be shocked. Before you know it, it will take too long to reopen.
All the elites in Igbo land are busy making noise. It’s so shameful that in 2026, there is no embassy in the South-East. Before anyone can get a visa, he or she must travel to Abuja or Lagos.
When we talk about one Nigeria, every major tribe should have at least one seaport and one international embassy. But in the South-East, there is nothing. Our elites keep deceiving themselves.”
— Pastor Odumeje
I Have Proof Mahmood Yakubu Worked for My Opposition — Peter Obi
In 2023 we took things for granted. We believed INEC. We believed what they said they would do. The INEC Chairman convinced the world that he would do the right thing, when in fact he was working for the opposition.
This time, we will only trust them by doing the right thing ourselves.
Peter Obi,
NDC Presidential Candidate