Peter Obi, dismissed accusations of fraud (“419”) made by presidential aide Daniel Bwala regarding Obi’s tenure as Anambra State Governor.
Bwala had claimed Obi saved state funds in a bank he chaired to personally accrue interest.
Obi countered the allegation by emphasizing that he left office without owing salaries, pensions, gratuities, or suppliers, and stated he chooses to ignore such “characters” like Bwala, alleging their attacks are motivated by the need to “feed” (financial incentives).
Former Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi has responded to claims made by presidential aide Daniel Bwala, who accused Obi of fraudulent activities (“419”) while serving as the Governor of Anambra State.
Obi, speaking recently on a podcast, stated his reason for ignoring Bwala is that the presidential aide is attacking him out of financial motivation.
Bwala had alleged that Obi “fraudulently” managed state funds, claiming the former governor saved state money in a bank where he was the chairman to personally accrue interest. Bwala stated:
“Peter Obi saved the money but he saved the money in a bank in which he was the chairman at the man, that is where he was making the money. He would always refer you to Anambra. He would say when I left I saved this…..There is a thing called asset and liability. When the man power to came and now explained how much liability they had, if you minus liability from what you believed to be the savings, there is nothing on ground. This is called pure 419.”
Responding directly to the accusation, Obi said:
“Ordinarily I do not answer these type of characters. When I left office, I was not owing any salary that the state is supposed to pay, I was not owing any gratuity, I was not owing any pension, I was not owing any supplier that had delivered his goods… The man has never been to Anambra state. I don’t answer these types of character, I just leave them because that is what they used to feed.”
