How the military people came to receive me here at the airport, I couldn’t believe it – Peter Obi

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Former Anambra State governor and Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi has discussed how he had federal support throughout his gubernatorial problems and compared it to the more hostile political environment of today.

In an interview with Symfoni TV, Obi described how, following the overturning of his impeachment, former President Musa Yar’adua sent a military escort to take him to Aso Rock Villa. Unlike when he was in power, Obi says the present administration is stifling opposition parties.

“I became a governor through the court, when President Obasanjo and Atiku were in government. I did not pay the Court one naira. I was sitting in my house, and the court declared me winner, and I became governor. It can’t happen in Nigeria today,” Obi stated.

He explained how he got unanticipated help even amid his impeachment crisis: “When I was being impeached, the president sent people to come and intervene on my behalf. Ken Nnamani came begging the House not to impeach me. Today, the president impeaches the person. They were begging my house not to impeach me, and they were in PDP; I was in APGA.”

Obi went on to describe his personal encounters with former presidents: “President Obasanjo was calling me and saying, ‘Peter, are you okay?’ And also, when the Court eventually declared me winner under President Yar’adua, he called my phone in London, saying, ‘Congrats.”

Obi says that at first he was hesitant to go back to Nigeria: “I said, ‘President, I can’t come back because of these people.’ He said, ‘Tell me the flight you’re coming back on,’ and I told him. And when I returned, the military people came to receive me here at the airport. I couldn’t believe it. And they took me straight to him. Now, the president will ask me not to come back here again.”

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