₦airaland Forum

Flangelo12:
I think Soludo must have fabricated the documents he presented.

What do you think?

commoditiesnig:
Sir I never stated that Obi said “borrowing is a bad thing”.. I said he is making it look as if it’s a bad thing.. Obiano was also mentioned, but have you heard any rebuttal from him? No.

Cos Governments know that public debts is almost a norm in successive admins.

As you stated the only issue is if the purpose of debt was used for public benefit or simply wasted.

My Grouse is these POLITICIANS TRY TO CLAIM SAINTS… Sir, No Politician is a SAINT okay.

BATified2023:
Tell me y anyone will still support this man if not for tribalism, look at how a governor of his state brought out evidence to buttress what we all have been saying since all these years.....


Forget those supporting this guy are doing so simply because he's their brother, if obi isn't their brother they won't support him.

This man is a glaring failure, imagine all sectors been dead n they want us to see him as messiah?

Tribalism will finish us in this country

Validated:
Goveis a continuum, Soludo should stop breathing and face governance.

seunmsg:
Peter Obi should honor his words. This is not about Soludo but Peter Obi the liar.

MartinCorridon:
Yes he will be overshadowed by the Governor who japaed immediately after his tenure to Lagos.

His people aren't brightest. EVERYONE knows nah!

VanDerWaalforces:
Anyways, we are all Nigerians and we can read in-between the lines. The huge question for me is, "why is Mr. Soludo fighting his brother? What exactly is he out to achieve or gain?" Only time will tell. But as far as we know, no politician in Nigeria has integrity compared to this man. If there are anything anybody can hold against Mr. Peter Obi, trust me, this vindictive government would have held him accountable. I only pity those of you who supports their operesors. May Nigeria never happen to you!

Factcheck0001:
nobody is stopping anyone

Soludo is setting the records straight, obiano did same n even set up a committee to debunk obi lies

crazygod:
And you go school o. Soludo said Peter Obi borrowed. Granted he brought out what he borrowed, but did he also bring out the amount paid back?

FSBoperator:
He borrowed over $40mil for education.

Where did that money go to ?

Was it what he used to clear bush in the state owned university.

Obi really finish Una for Anambra

Kalulu44:
So Soludo jumped Willy Obiano's 8yrs tenure and began paying Obi's debt of over 10yrs ago. Make it make sense if this is not political witch hunting.

seunmsg:
Peter Obi’s lies have finally caught up with him. Now that the Anambra state government has presented evidence of his debt and corruption, he should do the honorable thing and withdraw from the race.

BATified2023:
so soludo is digging his grave by setting the records straight right?


So he should allow your agulu packaged fraud to lie n get away with it.

No b una dey talk go n verify

dgr8truth:
The Anambra State Government has every right to respond to Peter Obi's claims, and the public deserves clarity on the state's finances. But a government statement this detailed should be held to the same standard of accuracy and evidence that it demands from the former governor.

There are several issues with this response.

First, the statement says Peter Obi "contracted US$123.77 Billion" in external debt. Yet the government's own table puts the total at US$123,771,179.30 — about US$123.77 million, not US$123.77 billion. That is a thousand-fold difference in a statement specifically intended to establish financial facts.

Second, the government needs to distinguish between a loan being contracted, a loan being disbursed, and money actually being spent. The fact that eight loans were signed during Obi's tenure does not, by itself, establish that the entire face value of those loans was drawn down or spent by his administration. The government should publish the disbursement records and expenditure records if it wants to make that case.

Third, nobody is arguing that a government cannot have debt. In fact, the government's own table shows that the loans were for malaria control, healthcare, education, erosion control, community development and agricultural development. The relevant questions are: How much was actually drawn? What was it spent on? What was the repayment structure? What remained outstanding at handover? And what assets or projects resulted from the borrowing?

Those are questions that can be answered with documents, not rhetoric.

The most interesting issue is the ₦2.13 billion ecological fund.

The government says it obtained a certified statement for First Bank account 2018779464 and that the account was an IGR Consolidated Revenue Account which never contained ₦2.13 billion. Peter Obi, on the other hand, says the account held more than ₦2.13 billion in ecological funds when he left office.

This is precisely where politics should end and accounting should begin.

If the government has the certified bank statement, publish the relevant pages.

Show the transactions around March 2014.

Show whether there was an inflow from the Federal Government.

Show the balance on March 17, 2014.

Show the subsequent transactions.

Show the handover documents.

Then Nigerians can independently determine what happened.

Simply saying, "the account never contained the money," while Peter Obi says it did, leaves the public with two competing assertions. The documentary evidence should settle the matter.

There is another important logical problem. Even if the government establishes that the ₦2.13 billion was not in that particular account, that does not automatically prove that the money was "missing" or that Peter Obi misappropriated it. It establishes a discrepancy that requires further investigation: where was the money received, into which account was it paid, when was it transferred, and who authorised the transaction?

Likewise, on salaries, pensions and gratuities, the government should publish a proper reconciliation. Tell us exactly what was owed as at March 17, 2014, when each liability originated, what Obi's administration verified, what it paid, and what remained outstanding.

The same principle applies to the alleged ₦75 billion savings. Rather than dismissing it as "creative accounting," publish the bank balances, investment certificates, treasury instruments and other financial assets that constituted the claimed savings at handover, together with the liabilities against them.

And yes, it is campaign season. We will inevitably see people defending their preferred political parties and candidates. Already, you will see APC supporters coming here to repeat whatever narrative suits their political allegiance, just as supporters of other parties do. But we should be careful not to allow partisan loyalty to replace critical thinking.

This politics of hatred, character assassination and deliberate image-tarnishing will not help our democracy. We should do better.

Governor Soludo is entitled to support whoever he chooses politically. It is already clear from his political alignment that he supports President Tinubu, and there is absolutely nothing wrong with that. Every politician has the constitutional and democratic right to make political choices.

But government should not be turned into a vehicle for settling political scores or damaging the reputation of a former governor simply because he has become a political opponent.

Peter Obi is a former governor of Anambra State. His record should be examined objectively—just as the records of every other administration should be examined. If there are financial discrepancies, investigate them. If there are debts, publish the figures. If there is evidence of wrongdoing, present it. If there are claims that are false, disprove them with documents.

But let us move away from the politics of my party must be right and your person must be wrong."

Politics should be about accountability, evidence and ideas—not hatred.

The debate should not be:

"Peter Obi said this, Soludo's government said that."

It should be:

"Here are the audited accounts. Here are the bank statements. Here are the loan agreements. Here are the disbursement records. Here are the handover documents. Here is the reconciliation. Now let Nigerians examine the evidence."

That is the standard every government, every politician and every political supporter should be willing to meet.

Political arguments will come and go, but public money belongs to the people. The citizens of Anambra deserve the documents, the numbers and a transparent reconciliation—not competing political narratives.

Factcheck0001:
Willie obiano also did the same rebuttal about obi, check d video out on YouTube

seunmsg:
Anambra State Government: Peter Obi Borrowed, Left Debts; Audit Uncovers Missing Ecological Fund.



Source

Kpartners:
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Factcheck0001:
hope u know obiano had to do a video n set up committee to debunk obi lies.

In case u want to argue, this is a screenshot of the video on YouTube

codedguy1:
For govts it is borrowing that mostly leads to debts that's why I stated it in that manner.

And considering the way Nigerian politicians behave with loans it will look like a bad thing because they will not use the loans for what it's for over or over budget the loan so they can steal and the state bears the debt.

greatiyk4u:
If your plan with Soludo is for him to withdraw from the race, it has failed even before starting....

How do you call this I'll juxtaposed conjectures as evidence, as an acclaimed Auditor, is this a way to audit?

Tinubu must go

seunmsg:
Peter Obi should honor his words. This is not about Soludo but Peter Obi the liar.

BATified2023:
Tell me y anyone will still support this man if not for tribalism, look at how a governor of his state brought out evidence to buttress what we all have been saying since all these years.....


Forget those supporting this guy are doing so simply because he's their brother, if obi isn't their brother they won't support him.

This man is a glaring failure, imagine all sectors been dead n they want us to see him as messiah?

Tribalism will finish us in this country

Kalulu44:
Good, so what did Willie did in his own 8yrs tenure. Did he repay the debt or add to it. And why is Soludo's govt not mentioning anything about Willie. Or Willie was a saint thru out his tenure

Stolen:
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