Peter Obi,
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Dem born Peter Gregory Obi for Onitsha for 19 July 1961 inside trading family. E build one import and distribution business, Next International, and e chair di board of Fidelity Bank bifor e enter politics.

E win di 2003 Anambra govnorship for di election tribunal, e take office for March 2006 and e serve two terms reach March 2014. E be di Peoples Democratic Party vice-presidential candidate for 2019, di Labour Party presidential candidate for 2023, and na im be di presidential candidate of di Nigeria Democratic Congress for di election of 16 January 2027.

Di whole story, decade by decade, wit every date link to im source.

Na im be di sixth pikin of Josephat and Agnes Obi, traders for Onitsha. E be seven years wen im papa die for 1968, for di middle of di war, and e don dey sell for school gate bifor e reach ten.

Im parents settle for Onitsha bifor di civil war, and na there di family trade dey, na there e go school, and na there im only house for Nigeria dey stand. Na from dat house e launch im 2027 campaign. E be Igbo, and e dey speak Igbo and English.

Dem raise am as Catholic for Onitsha, and im sister become nun, im broda come be priest. E attend di inauguration of Pope Francis for 2013 and of Pope Leo XIV for May 2025, and e call di second one deeply spiritual moment.

Im giving dey follow di same line: mission hospitals, church nursing colleges and church schools, Catholic, Anglican, Methodist and Muslim, all of dem. Di ledger dey here.

Margaret Obi na di First Lady of Anambra State throughout im govnorship, from March 2006 to March 2014, and she dey work on women enterprise and human rights. Dem daughter Gabriella marry for Agulu for 2022; dem son Gregory read philosophy for Bristol and na actor.

E dey fly economy even wen she dey business class for di same plane, and im aides don tire to argue about am.

E finish primary school for Onitsha for 1973, e go Christ the King College for there, and e enter di University of Nigeria, Nsukka for 1980, wia e graduate wit bachelor’s degree for philosophy for 1984. INEC publish di certificates for August 2026.

Di executive programmes come later, wen e dey build di business: di Chief Executive Programme for Lagos Business School, two programmes for Harvard Business School, two for IMD for Switzerland, two for Kellogg, and one each for di London School of Economics, Columbia Business School, Saïd Business School for Oxford and Judge Business School for Cambridge.

E no take any honorary doctorate, and na Mr Obi dem dey call am. For 2025 e go back to Christ the King College wit di old boys and e give am 50 million naira.

Di name outlast di joke. E take di impeachment, di tribunal years and two Supreme Court cases without shaking, and di title follow di temperament. Di honours dey here.

For The Platform for Lagos for April 2017, e raise im wrist up and tok: “This is the only watch I have; I have owned it for seventeen years.” As govnor, e no move enter di Government House.

E no be show, na method. Na di same discipline leave savings instead of debt for di Anambra treasury, and na im dey fund di giving. Wetin e don give.

E don join di Labour Party ten months bifor, party wey almost no get structure and no get money, and e come third wit one quarter of di national vote. E carry Lagos, di biggest electorate for di kontri and di home state of di winner, and di Federal Capital Territory wit 61 per cent, plus Anambra, Enugu, Imo, Abia, Ebonyi, Delta, Edo, Plateau, Nasarawa and Cross River.

Nothing like am don ever happen for Nigeria from candidate wey no dey inside di two big parties. How e take happen.

INEC register di Nigeria Democratic Congress for 23 February 2026. E join am for 3 May 2026, and seventeen members of di House of Representatives and two senators follow am within di same week. Dem clear am unopposed for 20 May, ratify am for 29 May and present am for di party convention for Abuja for 30 May 2026.

E be member of di Peoples Democratic Party from 2014, dem vice-presidential candidate for 2019, di Labour Party presidential candidate for 2023, and e spend small time for di ADC coalition bifor di NDC. Di offices and candidacy.

Campaign open for 19 August 2026 and e go close for 15 January 2027. E launch from im house for Onitsha for 21 August wit Production First agenda, and e don commit to one term: four years, not one day pass dat.

Di Now chapter and di speeches.

Di name na pun on im own name, and nobody own am. E start online for middle of 2022, e full di streets of Lagos, Abuja, Kano and one dozen oda cities for di marches of dat September, and e put agents for polling units wey di party for no fit staff. Di London School of Economics call am di force wey go shape Nigerian politics pass 2023.

Dem dey fund demsef. Di line wey follow dem everywhere, “we no dey give shishi”, start as refusal to buy votes.

Di manifesto wey e publish for 3 December 2022 carry di name It’s POssible, and na di movement di phrase stick to, no be di campaign. E still dey use am, and e still dey sign off wit di two letters.

Wen court try to deregister im party for June 2026, e answer for di same way: “Our march to a New Nigeria cannot be halted. A detour, yes, but the destination is certain.”

More of im lines, wit date and source.

“Nigeria cannot import its way to prosperity,” na wetin e tok for di launch for Onitsha for August 2026. “We will produce more of what we consume, process more of what we produce, and compete more effectively in global markets.”

E put five questions for di centre of am: whether pipo better pass how dem bin dey four years ago; whether dem fit afford food, school and hospital; whether businesses fit produce and employ; whether young pipo fit find work; whether farmers fit reach dem farm safely. E dey argue di matter wit figures, as e always dey do: more than 140 million Nigerians dey for or below di poverty line, 35 million need food assistance, 3.6 million don comot from dem house.

E don tok sey e go serve one term. Read am for im own words.

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