The Peter Obi we Know

Peter Obi, the governor of Anambra State was the man that ended godfatherism in the State. Before his era, Emeka Offor was holding sway through his political instrument, Chinwoke Mbadinuju. A fall out between the two, ushered in the era of Chris Ubah and Chris Ngige. It was popularly said that Chris plus Chris equals crises. The Nigerian journalists did not waste time to call their disagreement over the control of the State, war over a stolen mandate. The mandate belonged to Peter Obi of APGA.

Peter Obi fought hard to reclaim the mandate through a court action. He was later illegally impeached. Same of Obi fought hard to bounce back even when a new governor had already been installed through a general election. The first State to have a different election date for governorship in Nigeria is Anambra. The reason is because Obi said no godfatherism. While those that were competing with him were busy in one shrine or the other, Obi took his time to scatter his posters and programmes even in Aba and Port Harcourt in order to draw support.

Today, I have read many criticizing this hero. I have no defence to make for him. Probably, he might not have lived up to expectation. However, I am more concerned on how he was able to flush out illegal governments two good times. How could he achieve this? If truly he lived below expectation, the electorate should wait for him after November 16. I may not easily join my voice to those that call him clueless. Honestly, many Nigerians have not consulted the dictionary to know the meaning of this word.