Nigeria has had 170 Governors since 1999. Only one-third of these Governors have a case with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. That Peter Obi is not among these 58 Governors does not make him unique or outstanding.
There are even fewer Nigerian Governors or former Governors that were listed in the Pandora's Papers of globally corrupt individuals. And Peter Obi is one of only three mentioned.
And only two former Nigerian Governors have ever been detained at Heathrow Airport. And Peter Obi is one of them.
So, when you tag me on the EFCC list and think that that makes Peter Obi a saint, I am sorry, but I am not that shallow. I deal with facts.
If you want to talk about an outstanding Governor, serving or former, then Dave Umahi is more outstanding than Peter Obi.
Peter Obi did not build a single school. Dave Umahi built more than ten. Poverty almost doubled under Peter Obi as Anambra Governor, according to the National Bureau of Statistics, but Umahi kept a lid on poverty in Ebonyi as Governor.
There are 112 serving and former Governors that are not on the EFCC's list, and I can list ten that are better than Peter Obi, including:
Donald Duke
Tunde Fashola
Seye Makinde
Babagana Zulum
Dave Umahi
Liyel Imoke
Aminu Tambuwal
Niyi Adebayo
Olusegun Mimiko
Bisi Akande
Unlike Peter Obi, each of these ten Governors built schools. Unlike Peter Obi, none of the above were fingered for corruption by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists.
If you want to talk about outstanding Governors, mention them, not Obi.
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