Peter Obi Accusses Tinubu’s Government Of Persecution And Crippling His Businesses

Peter Obi has said that the government of President Bola Tinubu is persecuting him for being an opposition and crippling his businesses.

The former Anambra State governor contested in the 2023 presidential election against the former Lagos State governor and has continued to be a strong opposition to Tinubu’s government.

In his New Year message, Peter Obi lamented the treatment he has received since becoming a major opposition to the government.

“It is difficult to be in opposition in this country, extremely difficult. Because everything is against you,” the Labour Party presidential candidate said.

“People don’t want to see you; people don’t want to talk to you.

“I see colleagues and greet them, and they don’t want to reply. Because they don’t want the government of the day to see them greeting you.”

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Peter Obi also lamented that “Your businesses, everything you’re involved in, is being dismantled.”

“What I’ve faced, what I go through, what my family go through—you won’t even believe I could still be standing and going around this country.”

Despite his lamentations, Obi vowed to continue his opposition to the government and disclosed that “I’ve made up my mind that if this is the end, so be it.”

Obi also urged the president to show more compassion for the people and take time to tour states “by road to observe the condition of most highways.”

“You can take short trips, for example, from Calabar in Cross River state to Uyo in Akwa Ibom state, a distance of less than 100 km, or from Benin in Edo state to Warri in Delta state.

“I recall taking President Olusegun Obasanjo on a trip from Awka to Onitsha on a federal highway when I was the governor of Anambra state.

“That journey prompted him to immediately approve the reconstruction of parts of the road by the Anambra State government, with subsequent reimbursement by the federal government.

“Such actions are immensely valuable.”

He further said that President Tinubu’s “most challenging test” is ensuring “that future elections are credible and truly reflect the will of the people.”

The ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) replied to Obi’s New Year speech by calling him “Nigeria’s leading doomsayer.”