Politics How Ex-Governor Peter Obi Lost Bid to Become Minister -Premium Times

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After months of a rigorous but quiet campaign to become minister, former Anambra State governor, Peter Obi, lost out of the race last week to a more forceful and, by some measure, overwhelming, counter push by his state’s influential power brokers, presidency officials and associates of the ex-governor have told PREMIUM TIMES.

Mr. Obi, a well-known ally of President Goodluck Jonathan, lost out Wednesday as the president named the Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Osita Chidoka, as a new minister in Mr. Obi’s stead.
Mr. Chidoka is likely to head the aviation ministry, left vacant for about five months since the removal of former minister, Stella Oduah, over allegations of abuse of office.

Even for what has seemed a relatively popular decision, Mr. Osita’s emergence came as surprising to many, after months of political intimacy between Mr. Jonathan and former Governor Obi, fuelled speculation the governor would retire to a ministerial role.

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[MATTHEW ANUMATI]

WHY ARE ALL OUR PAST LEADERS SO GREEDY AND HEARTLESS.I MEAN PRESIDENTS,GOVERNORS,LEGISLATURES,(LOWER AND UPPER CHAMBER)MINISTERS E T C .PRESIDENTS AND GOVERNORS WANTS TO GO FOR THIRD TERM,IF PRACTICABLE.NO EX LEADER WANTS TO BE COME AN ORDINARY CITIZEN.