The Chidi Ugwu

I sometimes wonder whether Nigerians truly appreciate the peculiar nature of the political persecution Peter Obi has endured in Nigeria. The people looting this country dry have searched for his weaknesses, questioned his decisions, attacked his character and subjected him to every manner of political hostility. Yet, amid all this noise, certain accusations have never been established against him: 1. Falsification of his age, we all know the day he was born and where he grew up. 2. Forgery of his academic certificates, Peter Obi will show you all his school certificates if you ever request for it. 3. Drug-related criminal allegations is not on his records, he is also not in the FBI files. 4. Embezzlement of public funds is not in his political records. And to be honest here lies the irony, in a country where public office has too often become a refuge for those who cannot explain their own conduct, a man is being relentlessly attacked without these particular scandals being established against him and perhaps this is what troubles his adversaries most. Not that he is beyond criticism, but that their hostility cannot substitute for evidence. If you cannot recognise or appreciate what makes Peter Obi different from other politicians, particularly the absence of these established controversies, then I doubt anything I say will change your mind.