Thread by @Sharonimouks

"I'm not an ethnic or religious bigot, never discriminated against any tribe or religion"
- Peter Obi.

Here are his facts against the lies and misinformation.

Fake news 1: A false writer said that after the killing of Northerners on the 21st & 22nd of March, 2006, before Mr. Peter Obi became the Governor, that his reaction came in the form of a statement, “you people should tell your people to stop killing our people in the North”.

Fact: This is complete falsehood. If Obi made that statement, it would have been lavishly published by the media. Would the author show us the link where the statement was published?

“Though the disturbances in the State happened before Obi took over

...one of his first act was to visit d Onitsha Army Barracks, Mr. Obi thereafter, together with NEMA provided relief materials. He also took far reaching actions that fostered unity among all those living in the state to prevent such happening again.

Fake news 2: The writer said Obi ejected northerners from some markets they had occupied since 1974. The writer also said that when the crisis was going on, that the Northerner petitioned the office of the Sultan who sent Emirs of Suleja and Etsu of Nupe to mediate.

Fact: During the Fmr of Obi, Upper Iweka was an eye sore. Traders from all tribes were trading on the road, such that over 50% of the road space was occupied by these traders. Obi appealed to the traders to move backwards since he also planned to expand the road to 8 lanes.

Obi entered into negotiations and agreed to relocate them to various places. “Famous transport companies like The Young Shall Grow, Mic Merah, Chisco, Ekeson, GMO Company were all affected. Goat sellers, comprising mostly Hausa and Igbos, were relocated to Umunya,

...with police post provided for them. The Sultan came to the state at that time on the invitation of Obi. He took the opportunity of the visit to mediate on grey areas.

Fake news 3: The false writer said that “during the anniversary of creation of Anambra state, towards d end of Peter Obi’s administration, we were invited by the organizers of the program, an Igbo lady who resides in d North, while making a point on fostering unity amng Nigerians

, she suggested that an exchange program should be established where young people from the state should be send to Kano in exchange of Kano young vocational trainees, Peter Obi quickly took over the microphone and said that there was no comparison between the North and the East

talk more of sharing skills and knowledge. He also added that such comparison is like asking China to come to Nigeria to learn manufacturing business. He made this assertion in public. I could remember it was the then Governor of Rivers state, Chief Rotimi AMAECHI that chaired

the occasion.” Absolute lies!

Fact: This event did not even take place at all. The INTERNET never forgets. Could the writer show us the link were the event was published?

Fake news 4: "Obi requested the DSS to remove an Hausa trader near his house. That the Hausa man was invited by an Igbo Bar man to attract more customers. The truth is that there was no bar man at all.

Fact No 4: The truth is that there was no bar man at all. The person that was removed by the Estate Security on their own was a woman selling articles like biscuit because she also supplied drugs to bad boys. As at the time of this publication, the suya seller is still there.

Fake news 6:
“Lastly, the false writer said that Mr. Peter Obi “equally deported people of Northern extraction back to Kaduna during his tenure as governor of Anambra state.”

Fact: This is obviously a calculated attempt to pitch Mr. Peter Obi against the North. What Obi did in Anambra State was to send back underaged beggars to their states, citing child abuse. When a real deportation by the then Governor of Lagos took place,

Obi fought against it, saying that every adult Nigerian’s right to reside wherever he desired should be respected. A single search on Google will show you the truth.

Fact: Peter Obi is the most competent leader to become President of Nigeria. Unfortunately, it is the incompetent ones that always appeal to tribalism to hide their incompetence. A sedulous enquirer would discover that as Governor, Obi celebrated Sallah with the Moslem

community that visited him as a routine. He also routinely sponsored Muslim faithful on pilgrimage to Mecca. All the Police Commissioners that served in Anambra State when Obi was the Governor came from other parts of the state. Obi, facing security challenges was actually the

the one that requested them based on their competencies. They are John Haruna from Taraba State, Amusa Bello from Kwara State, Philemon Leha from Adamawa State, Muhtari Ibrahim from Kano State, Balla Nassarawa from Kebbi State, and Usman Gwary from Adamawa State.

Were these men the people he used to deport northerners?
As the Governor of Anambra State, Obi’s ADC, who is very close to him till today was Mohammed Idris from Kano State, while his Orderly was Anthony Manya from Taraba State.

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