The former Governor of Anambra State and Vice-Presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, Mr. Peter Obi has described as sheer fabrication, wicked and inhuman, the allegation being circulated by the opposition that he demolished mosques as the Governor of Anambra State, snubbed the Sultan, Alhaji Muhammadu Sa'ad Abubakar III, drove Hausas away from Anambra State and shunned the then Minister of Finance, Dr. Shamsuddeen Usman’s attempt at mediation and did not visit schools in the North.
Responding to journalists’ questions at Southern Sun, Lagos yesterday, Obi regretted that rather than some political elite focusing on resolving the plight of several millions of Nigerians without livelihood, over 10 million of out-of-school children and many more of unemployed youths, they are busily engaged in emitting hate speeches and spreading concocted falsehoods in their desperation to be elected into public office so that they will continue with impoverishing the nation and the generality of the people.
Recalling the circumstances under which he became Governor in 2006, Obi revealed that he never had malicious relationship with any group resident in Anambra State nor demolished any mosque in the State as alleged. As a matter of fact, he went on, the mosque at Onitsha was destroyed before he became Governor. During that crisis, many groups, including Northerners, took shelter in the Army Barracks. Indeed, some of the first measures he took on assumption of office was to visit those displaced persons, restore normalcy and encouraged everybody to return to their normal, peaceful life in the State.

Describing the allegation that he snubbed the Sultan of Sokoto, who was in the State as ridiculous, Obi asserted that irresponsibility and disrespect for elders and leaders were not in his character. According to him, “The irony of this concoction is that I have been a friend of His Eminence, the Sultan right from my first year at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, in 1980 through his tenure as Nigeria’s Defence Attaché in Pakistan till the present. The fact is that the visit of his Eminence, during which I was alleged to have snubbed him was purely a courtesy call after which I personally accompanied him to see the Obi of Onitsha, Obi Alfred Achebe with whom he had a meeting. I also requested His Eminence to visit the Hausa community in the State; and in their interaction, the Hausas complained about the destruction of their mosque before I became Governor, which I offered to rebuild and subsequently gave them the funds for that purpose. Thank God, the Sultan and the Obi of Onitsha are still alive and available to confirm my submission”.
Additionally, Obi revealed that shortly after the visit to the Hausa community, he accompanied the Sultan to the State-owned Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu University which conferred an honorary degree on him. In his words: “I did not have to be there, but I accompanied him to receive the award as a gesture of friendship. If we were not on good terms as my traducers alleged, he could have still be given the honour in the in the spirit of University autonomy, but I would not have accompanied him to the event”.

On the allegation of having driven away Hausas from the State, Obi asserted that the only group which could have run away from Anambra State during his tenure as Governor were kidnappers, armed robbers and predators on the State Treasury. He said that the Head-Bridge Dual Carriageway the wicked liars were referring to was merely cleared of several groups of squatters and illegal markets that occupied three of the 4-lane carriageway. He revealed that the clearance was done without any recourse to ethnicity or religion at a time his Government was collaborating with the Federal Government to expand the road to 6 lanes, which has solved the traffic gridlock in that area to the admiration of all commuters, vehicle owners and transporters.

As for not visiting schools in the North, Obi said it was unfortunate trying to politicise the visit to school he was just engaged in as a passion borne out of his love for education. “In any case”, Obi said, “I have visited schools in all the states of Nigeria. Last year, I visited two schools in Sokoto State, the seat of the Caliphate. “

Answering a question on how he had a disagreement with the then Minister of Finance, Dr. Shamsuddeen Usman, Obi said he had known the gentleman before he became Governor, when he was the CEO of one of the commercial banks and thereafter as the Deputy Governor of the Central Bank and since then, they had remained friends and had not had any reason to disagree on any issue.

Ending on an advisory note, Obi called on all hands to be on deck to save the country from collapse rather than engage in idle talk and fabrication of tales as a substitute for State Policy. “What we need now”, he said, “is building a society and a bright future for millions of poor Nigerians all over the country. That should occupy and agitate us unceasingly rather than how to run others down through lies and character assassination”.

See excerpts from the speech of the Sulatn who is supposed to be at loggerheads with Mr. Peter Obi

SOCIO-ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION AND THE DEEPENING OF NIGERIA’S UNITY: PETER OBI’S EXAMPLE


Firstly, I wish to express my deep appreciation to the Council and Senate of Anambra State University, for the great honour done to me and for the generous invitation to join the University Community as bona fide member. I am highly gratified by this kind gesture. I would like to register my profound thanks to the University Visitor, the Executive Governor of Anambra State, His Excellency Mr. Peter Obi, whose visionary leadership and sustained commitment to the socio-economic transformation of the state remain a source of hope and strength to all of us. His energy and wisdom, his tolerance and accommodation and his people-centered developmental programmes are being appreciated even beyond the borders of Anambra State. It is my strong belief that under his leadership and with the active cooperation of its veritable stakeholders, better days await Anambra State University and indeed the entire education sector in Anambra State .

EXCERPTS FROM THE SPEECH DELIVERED BY HIS EMINENCE ALHAJI MUHAMMAD SA’AD ABUBAKAR, CFR, mni SULTAN OF SOKOTO, AT THE AWARD CEREMONY OF AN HONORARY DOCTORATE DEGREE BY ANMABRA STATE UNIVERSITY
PIC 1 :The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Abubakar Sa’ad Muhammed (left), when he paid a courtesy call on the Governor of Anambra State, His Excellency Mr. Peter Obi (right)

PIC 2: The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Abubakar Sa’ad Muhammed (left), Governor Peter Obi (Middle) and the Obi of Onitsha, Igwe Alfred Achebe (right), discussing when the Governor accompanied the Sultan on a courtesy call to the Igwe
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Peter obi is a bastard

IrokoOluwere:
Peter obi is a bastard

Like you. For not reading the article

This is what Nnamdi Kanu have been saying, even when this people decided to select Obi with target to step down the heat of Biafra restoration he still had to visit their slave masters to do rankadede. Just as Our great prophet said, it is practically impossible for anyone from Biafra land to become anything around presidency of the zoo without firstly going to the North to do rankadede, now see my brother swearing 'to god' that he never demolished any mosque or ever send Hausas away from the state, what an interview, even when reverse has been the case against the Christians. No! Never again will we remain in slavery to those who are supposed to be our slaves instead.

dead on arrival, we northerners dont want u ,we detest u!! go back to ur poto-poto biafra land, second class citizen dont have a say in nigeria politically..if u visit any core northern state, we will welcome u with stones like how we did the ineffectual baboon.. nyamuri cannot rule use, he will sell us for 1kg of drugs!!

amaniro:



Like you. For not reading the article

Who said I didn’t read the article.
Peter obi is a bastard!

alhassanyusuf29:
dead on arrival, we northerners dont want u ,we detest u!! go back to ur poto-poto biafra land, second class citizen dont have a say in nigeria politically..if u visit any core northern state, we will welcome u with stones like how we did the ineffectual baboon.. nyamuri cannot rule use, he will sell us for 1kg of drugs!!

Imagine an illiterate imbecilic terrorist who is lower than animals referring to Biafrans as second class, we ain't citizens of your zoo in the first place. But it's quite ironical that the same people you hate with so much passion are still the same people you're ready to die rather than let them be on their own. We're unarguably the source of your life and survival that's why you can't let go us even in your first class disdain. But this time around you all will perish because we're going.

First pic is the first class citizen while second pic is the second class citizen in a zoo shithole they call Nigeria.

TheZooHasFalln:
Imagine an illiterate imbecilic terrorist who is lower than animals referring to Biafrans as second class, we ain't citizens of your zoo in the first place. But it's quite ironical that the same people you hate with so much passion are still the same people you're ready to die rather than let them be on their own. We're unarguably the source of your life and survival that's why you can't let go us even in your first class disdain. But this time around you all will perish because we're going.

First pic is the first class citizen while second pic is the second class citizen in a zoo shithole they call Nigeria.

The guy is a graduate from a mushroom university in uganda.
He is limited not only by his background, but also by his education.


He is to be pitied and ignored.

That one concerns you and your fellow one niger area.

You think killing biafrans will make yorubas and hausa that hate Igbos to like you.




As for we ipob,no referendum no election.

RTSC:

The guy is a graduate from a mushroom university in uganda.
He is limited not only by his background, but also by his education.


He is to be pitied and ignored.

But that's the
average reasoning and mentality of an average terrorist in the almagiri enclave. That's the major reason why the Biafrans must go.