Former Governor of Anambra State and a 2023 presidential
aspirant, Peter Obi, has responded to the Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom
Wike, who questioned his integrity after he (Obi) decided to leave the Peoples
Democratic Party, PDP.
Peter Obi had on Wednesday said recent developments within
the PDP made it practically impossible for him to continue participating and
making constructive contributions.
He resigned from the main opposition party and later joined
the Labour Party.
But, Wike told Channels Television that the former Anambra
State Governor lacks integrity and that he left PDP because he knew he would
not win the presidential ticket.
Appearing on Channels Television on Friday evening, Obi was
asked to respond to the claims put forward by Wike and the former Vice
presidential candidate, said, “Wike mentioned the issue of integrity. He said
that my leaving questioned my integrity. I don’t know how that one came about.
“But I think when you talk about integrity, you talk about
the management of public resources. That is what we should be talking about in
this country. And when such things are mentioned about me, I feel something is
missing somehow.
“Go and check my record as a governor, I was impeached for
three reasons: 1, my office was approved to be renovated for N298 million but I
renovated everything with N43.3 million. 2. My lodge was approved to be
renovated for N486m but I did everything with N81m.
“The number 3 item was that I was saving money without the
authority of the House. From [my] day one[in office], we started saving money
and went through the eight years that I was governor.
“Go and ask any contractor that served with me, to talk about
what I’m entitled to, inflated any contract, any supplier, anybody. And when I
left office, I left behind $500m at that time because it was public money. I
was managing public trust.
“So for me, when you talk about integrity it questions your
management of public trust and resources. Go to Anambra today, I have no land
given to me by the State government.
“My managing Director of my Housing Authority, Mike Nwafor,
gave me land and two houses and I told him, ‘I’m not entitled to it’. Nobody
has ever seen me, in my political life, sharing money,” Obi said.
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