It has taken me more than six months to finally write this article on Peter Obi, one-time bank chief, former governor of Anambra State and the 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), for some personal reasons.
I have authored the profiles of virtually all the major presidential candidates and was surprised that despite having had a few memorable encounters with Obi, I only merely mentioned his name in passing as a bridge-builder across the Niger in an article in June 2017 titled: “Between Nigerian Igbos and Biafran Agitators – A Northerner’s Perspective.”
I recall writing “Between Obasanjo, Atiku and the Media” in August 2003 on the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, on how the press had fuelled his altercation with his then principal President Olusegun Obasanjo.
On the presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Rabiu Kwankwaso, I wrote “Between Jonathan and Kwankwaso” in November 2013…
