₦airaland Forum

Cyberterror:
No your focus should be on this. Trying to sink Nigeria with a psychia patient. E no go work for una

Cyberterror:
He is not a problem for APC ,I guarantee you

Alliswell248:
Fuel hoke is a global thing
But Obi wont get away with lies this time

TheOldGods:

they have now left Atiku. Suddenly Atiku is no longer relevant

dgr8truth:
Keyamo says Nigerians are now ready to fact-check Peter Obi "per second." Fine. Then let us actually fact-check everybody. If the Minister is genuinely interested in evidence, I would expect him, as a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, to ask Governor Soludo a very simple question: Where are the certified documents supporting the figures being attributed to Peter Obi?

Not press statements.
Not political narratives.
Not social-media arguments.

The documents!

Show Nigerians the certified bank statements. Show the loan agreements. Show the disbursement schedules. Show the repayment schedules. Show the DMO records. Then let Nigerians examine the evidence and draw their conclusions. Because there is now a particularly important issue concerning the claim that Peter Obi left $123.77 million in external debt.

The Debt Management Office's own historical records provide a very different starting point. According to the DMO's Federal and States External Debt Stock as at 31 December 2006, Anambra's external debt stock was $16,869,393.14. Then look at the DMO's States and Federal Governments' External Debt Stock as at 30 June 2014. Anambra's external debt stock was $41,459,335.44. That means that between December 2006 and June 2014, Anambra's recorded external debt stock increased by approximately: $41.46 million − $16.87 million = $24.59 million. These are not figures from Peter Obi's supporters. They are figures appearing in Debt Management Office records. And that raises a legitimate question: How does the Anambra government's $123.77 million figure relate to the DMO's $41.46 million external-debt stock recorded in June 2014? The answer cannot simply be that $123.77 million was the value of loans associated with projects during Obi's tenure. The government needs to explain the distinction between:

the original value/commitment of a loan facility;
the amount actually drawn down;
the amount outstanding at a particular date; and
the state's total external debt stock at the point of handover.

Those are not necessarily the same thing. Indeed, the Anambra government's latest statement itself describes the $123.77 million as the original value of eight external borrowings and separately says that about $92.35 million remained outstanding as of June 30, 2026. So why should Nigerians simply accept $123.77 million as the amount Peter Obi "left behind" without seeing the reconciliation between that figure and the DMO's contemporaneous June 2014 debt-stock figure of $41.459 million? That reconciliation is precisely what should be published. And this is why Keyamo's "fact-check every claim" argument should cut both ways. If Peter Obi is wrong, establish it with documents. If Soludo's figures are correct, reconcile them with the DMO's historical debt-stock records. If the $123.77 million represents loan commitments rather than actual outstanding liabilities at handover, say so clearly. If the difference is explained by subsequent disbursements, undrawn commitments, restructuring, exchange-rate treatment, or accounting methodology, provide the documentation. That is how you settle a financial dispute. Not by repeating a number until it becomes a political slogan.

There is another important point. The DMO's June 2014 table shows Anambra's external debt at $41.46 million, while several other Nigerian states had considerably larger external debt stocks at the same point: Lagos was about $1.02 billion, Kaduna about $245.5 million, Cross River about $120.2 million, Ogun about $116.7 million, and Bauchi about $111.6 million. That does not by itself prove that every borrowing decision by the Obi administration was necessarily good or bad. But it provides important context when discussing the state's debt position in 2014. And this is where Nigerians must learn to separate the noise from the music, allegations from evidence, and political narrative from verifiable fact.

Peter Obi should be scrutinised.
Every politician should be scrutinised.
But scrutiny must not become a political weapon applied selectively. It is perfectly legitimate to examine Peter Obi's financial record as governor. But then Nigerians should also be permitted to examine the economic record, borrowing, expenditure, debt accumulation and fiscal management of the administrations that came after him—including the current federal administration. Accountability cannot be selective. If Keyamo believes Nigerians should fact-check Peter Obi "per second," then I agree with the underlying principle: Let's fact-check everybody.

But when the subject is public finance, the standard should be higher than political accusation.

Show us the documents.
Show us the CTCs.
Show us the bank statements.
Show us the DMO records.
Show us the loan agreements and actual disbursements.
Show us the reconciliation.

Then Nigerians can decide what the evidence actually says. Because in a democracy, the reputation of a public servant should not be destroyed by the sheer repetition of an allegation. Evidence should establish the allegation—not the other way around. And if the DMO's historical records appear to contradict the political narrative being presented today, Nigerians have every right to ask: Where exactly did the $123.77 million figure come from, and how does it reconcile with the $41.46 million debt stock recorded by the DMO when Peter Obi left office? That is not propaganda. That is a question that deserves an answer.

Cyberterror:
He is not a problem for APC ,I guarantee you

Angelfrost:
True... But, the same can also be said about your principal.

If a high level of security and background scrutiny is done on all aspirants and their running mates, disqualifications go plenty.

tinsel:
The problem is Obi did not face public scrutiny in 2023 because the ovation was too high.

onuman:
Humpty Dumpty lawyer. Panicky APC people.

Peter Obi does not lie. Rather say what your principal will do better if he gets 2nd term as president of Nigeria. That is honest political campaign as done in the civilised world. It's not enough to malign Peter Obi with Lai Mohammed type of lies.

You principal lies to his teeth, uses Nigeria government's income to employ lawyers and lobbyists to cover his lies.

BATified2023:
God bless u

They bombarded the gullible with many lies that they got carried away but today there's enough time to unmask him

tinsel:
The problem is Obi did not face public scrutiny in 2023 because the ovation was too high.

bluejay05:
It is because he's the only candidate who lies for a living.

malcom1X:
Ask yourself this question.
Why are these guys focusing on Peter Obi instead of what's happening in the country right now?

What have you achieved this four years that have passed?

Racoon:
Incredible and unimaginable foolishness and stupidity is inherent in everyone under this government

Chucks13:
No it's your obi who drove rough with his mouth and we want level that mouth for him cus we have warned him he talks too much he should keep off Oseni but he neva listened in his attempt to seek undue validation and enter hot water and we will drag him so rest, ok.

You and your obi escaped in 2023 but now we are ready for him so keep your cry for now.

PastorIno:
No amount of propaganda will stop me from voting for OBI. I voted for him in 2023 and i will do it again.

Asmanthinket:
very funny. Why is he most discussed. Even more than bat

Osidazz19:
He needs mental health help and he needs it fast.

BATified2023:
no b your ibo brother?

U go vote am now but if they bring him n yahaya Bello that are both worse u will reject yahaya Bello n still follow obi

We all know u are doing this cos he's your brother

TheOldGods:

Lol. It hurts that tinubu will be one time president. I understand that pain. No worry, make una keep dragging obi🤣🤣

Chucks13:
So you accepted obi is a liar now? Just yes or no is all we want to hear before we tells you our verdict.

Asmanthinket:
he beat your almighty drug lord in his so called Lagos he has governed for good eight years. Those who voted him in Lagos and other states he was rigged out are more eager to still vote for him this time because the incompetence of your drug lord has caused huge hardship to them.

MartinCorridon:
Peter Obi that was widely castigated for being the epitome of failure here on Nairaland in 2013 as a Governor.

By 2023, he became the 2nd Coming of Martin Luther King. Nigerians rejected him then and will reject him again.

If making Anambra next Dubai made them all japa to Lagos including him.... we don't want to be like their Dubai.

EdakuN!

BATified2023:
since he beat Tinubu in Lagos

Y is he not the president today?

CyracksMrBlogger:
because Obi is moving around telling lies to deceive innocent people,