Tinubu’s campaign team attacked Peter Obi’s record in Anambra, claiming he left debts and asking him to drop out of the 2027 race.
The official Presidential Campaign Council of President Bola Tinubu for the upcoming 2027 general elections has launched a direct political attack on Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC).
In a formal statement released from Abuja on Monday, September 21, 2026, the campaign council challenged the long-held claims that Peter Obi ran a clean, debt free administration when he was governor of Anambra State.
The campaign team stated that official records from the state government prove that Peter Obi left behind significant unpaid debts, foreign loans, and salary arrears when he completed his 8 year tenure as governor on March 17, 2014.
The campaign council came out with this statement right now to counter the continuous political campaign messages being spread by Peter Obi and his supporters.
For years, Peter Obi’s political team has presented him as a very prudent leader who saved money for Anambra State without borrowing funds or leaving debt burdens.
However, Tinubu’s campaign group explained that recent financial disclosures show that Obi’s administration took about $123.77 million in foreign loans and left 8 major unpaid project loans that subsequent governors, including Governor Chukwuma Soludo, are still paying back today.
On why they believe the public was misinformed about Peter Obi’s record, the spokesperson for the campaign council, Mr. Dele Alake, made very strong statements to journalists.
Describing Peter Obi’s past financial claims as untrue, the spokesperson for the council, Mr. Dele Alake, stated that “In the past four years, Obi and his supporters packaged his tenure in Anambra as one of exceptional fiscal prudence, including the claim that he left Anambra without a debt burden. Obi himself was presented as a squeaky-clean politician. He, however, said that it had all emerged as a well-packaged lie”.
Asking Peter Obi to honor his previous public promise to step down if anyone proved he left state debts, the campaign spokesperson added, “The council called on Obi to withdraw from the 2027 presidential race, citing his alleged promise to do so if it was established that his administration left liabilities in Anambra State”.
Pointing out specific areas where workers were allegedly owed money during Obi’s time, the council noted that “workers in some state ministries went unpaid during Obi’s tenure, citing a 2006 memo from his then-Chief of Staff, Chuks Ileogbunam, requesting payment of N15 million in monthly salaries owed to Water Corporation workers”.
The political war of words between the two major camps is heating up fast ahead of 2027. While Peter Obi’s media team has previously defended his record by pointing out millions of dollars saved in bank bonds, Tinubu’s group insists that voters must look closely at official records before making their choice.
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