Di story
Di man,
di myth,
di legend
Some pipo be mystery: nobody fit trace dem roots, dem family, di schools wey dem go, or wia dem come from. No be so for here. Dis man, pipo sabi am 100%.


Di citation
Dem read am
give am
Lagos Business School, 2014. Open am make you read everything.

Roots
Onitsha, one trader family, papa wey di war carry go, and mama wey build am back.
19 Jul 1961
Dem born am for Onitsha
Dem born Peter Gregory Obi for Onitsha, di sixth pikin of Josephat and Agnes Obi, traders from Agulu for Anaocha wey don settle for di market city bifor di war.
1968
Im papa die during di war
Josephat Obi, wey build di Ideal Soul Super Market for Onitsha, die for 1968 wen Peter still be small pikin. Di civil war wipe di family business comot. Im mama Agnes build am back from zero: she open one domestic training centre and di Nado restaurant for Modebe Avenue.
1973 to 1978
Christ the King College, Onitsha
Afta primary school, e enter Christ the King College. E dey use im school fees as trading capital bifor e pay am, e dey buy egg from farms for Agbor and sell dem near di school gate, and e finish im West African School Certificate for 1978.
Legit, Odili clarification · Vanguard, As tough as nails (2)
Trader
Egg for school gate, container from London, and degree for philosophy.
1980 to 1984
Philosophy for Nsukka
E read Philosophy for di University of Nigeria, Nsukka, and e graduate for 1984. As e still be undergraduate, e don dey travel go London go import goods, and e get Peugeot 504.
1987
Im first house, wey e buy outright for London
E buy im first house for London without mortgage, and e start to dey invest for stock market, na so im long-time aide Valentine Obienyem tok.
1992
E marry Margaret Brownson Usen
E marry Margaret Brownson Usen. Dem get two children, Gabriella Nwamaka Frances and Gregory Peter Oseloka.
1996
Next International for London
Dem register Next International (UK) Limited wit Obi and im wife as directors. Di Next companies dey import and distribute brands like Heinz and Ovaltine across West Africa. “I was a big trader,” na so e tok.
Banker
Boards, chairman positions, and, at thirty-four, one bank.
Mid-1990s
Di youngest chairman of Fidelity Bank
For 34, e become chairman of di board of Fidelity Bank, di youngest for di bank history. Bifor politics, e sidon for di board of three banks and e chair eleven companies.


Govnor
Three years for court bifor e enter di office, eight years inside am, dem comot am three times and three times e come back.
19 Apr 2003
E run for govnor on di APGA ticket
INEC declare Chris Ngige of di PDP as winner. Obi carry di matter go tribunal. E go take three years.
17 Mar 2006
Dem swear am in as Govnor of Anambra
Di Court of Appeal for Enugu uphold di 2005 tribunal ruling sey dem wrongly declare di 2003 election. Two days afta, e take di oath of office.
Ngige v. Obi (2006) · Vanguard, Anambra: the judgments so far
2 Nov 2006
Dem impeach am for early morning
Lawmakers gada around half past five for morning under police guard and dem vote am out. Deputy Govnor Virginia Etiaba come be di first woman wey be state govnor for Nigeria.
9 Feb 2007
Di Court of Appeal put am back
Di court rule sey di impeachment no follow constitution. Etiaba hand di power back.
14 Jun 2007
Di Supreme Court settle im tenure
Wit Justice Aloysius Katsina-Alu leading, di Supreme Court hold sey govnor four years dey start from di day wey e take di oath. Dem order Andy Uba, wey dem swear in seventeen days bifor afta one election wey Obi no contest, make e comot. Na dat ruling create di off-cycle elections wey Nigeria get today.
1 Jan 2009
Schools go back to di missions
Dem hand eighteen secondary schools back to di churches wey start dem. For November 2011, di policy extend reach 1,040 primary schools, wit six billion naira grant.
6 Feb 2010
Dem elect am again
E win second term wit 97,843 votes for field of twenty-five, ahead of Chris Ngige and Chukwuma Soludo.
Nov 2011
Commander of the Order of the Niger
President Goodluck Jonathan give am di national honour of CON.
30 Aug 2012
SABMiller open for Onitsha
Dem commission di Intafact brewery, one greenfield investment wey pass hundred million dollars. Di state take stake of about two billion naira.
Wikipedia, Intafact Beverages · Vanguard, dollar value of investment
17 Mar 2014
E hand ova to Willie Obiano
Eight years to di very day afta im oath, e comot from office. Dat morning, di state traditional rulers name am Okwute, wey mean di Rock, of Igboland.
Kontri
Di economic team, di SEC, The Platform, and one vice-presidential ticket.

Apr 2015
Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission
President Jonathan appoint am chairman of di SEC board. Di appointment end wen di new govment dissolve all federal boards for July.
1 Oct 2016
The Platform: cut di cost of governance
Im Independence Day speech for Covenant Christian Centre for Lagos travel far pass di room. “Government house is not a restaurant,” na so e tok, and Nigeria start to dey listen.
12 Oct 2018
Running mate to Atiku Abubakar
Atiku Abubakar name am as di PDP vice-presidential candidate. Di ticket collect 11.26 million votes and seventeen states for February 2019.
Movement
Party wey no get structure, but di kontri still come out.

24 May 2022
E comot from PDP go Labour Party
E point to vote buying for di primaries, e waka comot from di PDP and, six days afta, e win di Labour Party ticket for Asaba. Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed join am for July. Di pipo wey follow am dey call demsef Obidients.
1 Oct 2022
Di marches
Volunteer marches full Makurdi, Calabar, Port Harcourt, Enugu and, for Independence Day, Lagos. Nobody carry bus bring pipo come. “We are the structure,” na wetin di banners tok.
16 Jan 2023
Chatham House
For London, e lay out programme to move Nigeria from consumption go production. “The trouble with Nigeria is simply and squarely a failure of leadership.”
25 Feb 2023
6.1 million votes, Lagos, di capital and ten more states
Party wey never win one state bifor carry Lagos, di Federal Capital Territory and ten more states. INEC put am third wit 6,101,533 votes.


Now
New party, running mate, and election for 16 January 2027.

2025
E comot from di Labour Party
E promise sey e go serve one term only if dem elect am and, afta small time inside di opposition coalition, e formally comot from di Labour Party for Nike Lake for Enugu, for di last day of di year.
30 May 2026
Candidate of di Nigeria Democratic Congress
Afta e comot from di ADC for May, dem ratify am unopposed as di NDC presidential candidate wit Rabiu Kwankwaso as running mate. Dem don fix di election for 16 January 2027.
Sources
- Wikipedia
- Vanguard, As tough as nails (3)
- The Sun, Peter Obi unveiled
- Legit, Odili clarification
- Vanguard, As tough as nails (2)
- Premium Times, INEC documents 2026
- Vanguard, The odd quirks of Peter Obi at 65
- Labour Party profile
- ICIR
- Pulse, How Peter Obi made his money
- Wikipedia, 2003 Anambra election
- Ngige v. Obi (2006)
- Vanguard, Anambra: the judgments so far
- Wikipedia, Virginia Etiaba
- Obi v. INEC, [2007] NGSC 42
- Lawcare Nigeria
- Selonnes, education rebirth
- Wikipedia, 2010 Anambra election
- 2010/2011 National Honours list
- Wikipedia, Intafact Beverages
- Vanguard, dollar value of investment
- Wikipedia, Willie Obiano
- The Tide, chieftaincy title
- Vanguard
- BellaNaija
- Wikipedia, 2019 election
- Punch
- Sun, Datti Baba-Ahmed
- Vanguard, Enugu march
- TV360, Lagos march
- Labour Party, full text
- Chatham House recording
- Wikipedia, 2023 presidential election
- AP, coalition adopts ADC
- Vanguard, Enugu defection
- Leadership, ADC defections
- ThisDay, NDC ratification