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Peter Obi

Peter Obi

Peter Obi is a Nigerian politician, former two-term Governor of Anambra State (2006–2014), and the Labour Party's presidential candidate in the 2023 general election, now contesting for the 2027 presidency.

Sep 27, 2026

Tyler ReddickADVERTISER
150:38
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150:41
Well, I... [clears throat] [applause] But I don't know where to start, Apostle, because, um, I believe we all came here for prayers.
150:54
[audience cheering] So for me it is, um, while other people are testifying, we all came from different, for different reasons, of our own need and everything.
151:06
I was just telling the person sitting beside me that there are two things you said here that I take away.
151:13
That those who seek excellence must come through the excellent way, and those who seek honorable must come through the honorable way.
151:22
And I was telling him, how do I this? He was downloading it in YouTube when you first said I should come and speak.
151:29
Well, mine is a very simple one, is that to thank you and for what, the great work you're doing.
speaker_25UNKNOWN
153:03
Yes.
speaker_23UNKNOWN
173:16
Amen.
173:16
So for me as, um, while other people are testifying, we all came from different-- for different reasons of our own need and everything.
173:26
I was just telling the person sitting beside me that there are two things you said here that I'll take away.
173:34
That those who seek excellence must come through the excellent way, and those who seek honorable must come through the honorable way.
173:43
And I was telling him, "How do I this?" He was downloading it in YouTube when you first said I should come and speak.
173:49
Well, mine is a very simple one, is that to thank you and for what-- the great work you're doing.
174:01
[audience applauding] Coming here and listening to these testimonies and everything is phenomenal.
speaker_23UNKNOWN
175:24
Amen
148:18
Well, I...
148:25
Well, I don't know where to start, Apostle, because I believe God came here for prayers.
148:32
So, for me...
148:35
While other people are testifying, we all came from different reasons of our own need and everything.
148:43
I was just telling the person sitting beside me that there are two things you said here that I take away.
148:50
That those who seek excellence must come through the excellent way.
148:56
And those who seek honorable must come through the honorable way.
KennyUNKNOWN
145:05
Yes.
145:05
So for me, um, while other people are testifying, we all came from different... for different reasons, of our own need and everything.
145:15
I was just telling the person sitting beside me that there are two things you said here that I'll take away.
145:23
That those who seek excellence must come through the excellent way, and those who seek honorable must come through the honorable way.
145:32
And I was telling him, how do I this? He was downloading it in YouTube when you first said I should come and speak.
145:38
Well, mine is a very simple one, is that to thank you and for what...
145:48
the great work you're doing.
speaker_2UNKNOWN
147:02
[cheering] [applauding]
speaker_5UNKNOWN
164:30
Amen.
164:30
So for me as, um, while other people are testifying, we all came from different... for different reasons of our own need and everything.
164:40
I was just telling the person sitting beside me that there are two things you said here that I'll take away.
164:48
That those who seek excellence must come through the excellent way, and those who seek honorable must come through the honorable way.
164:57
And I was telling him, "How do I do this?" He was downloading it in YouTube when you first said I should come and speak.
165:03
Well, mine is a very simple one, is that to thank you and for what...
165:13
the great work you're doing.
speaker_5UNKNOWN
166:27
Whoo [applause]
23:37
All right, so Obi, what more do you want? Okay, so do you have to drive everywhere you go or do you fly?
23:50
But most of the time I drive around, like you see me now in a car, I've gone from Abuja, I flew to a place called Ibadan, and I'm now driving by the road from Ibadan going to Lagos.
24:08
And tomorrow I'm flying to another part of...
24:12
So from Abuja, which is the capital of the country, So Ibadan is about one hour flight.
24:24
Okay.
24:25
And I'm now driving by road three hours to Lagos.
24:30
Tomorrow I'm going to do another one hour flight to Enugu.

21 MINS LATER

46:01
So you're probably in good footing for this election, right?
Musa Tijani
Musa TijaniCORRESPONDENT
8:41
What concrete evidence shows that you are generally different, represent a new kind of politics?
8:47
Well, in terms of changing parties, all of us have changed several parties.
8:51
And the reason why we're changing parties is because we've not had... leadership that's committed in saying, this cannot happen, this cannot happen.
9:01
So you have somebody in government who spends all the energy and time trying to disrupt other systems, have no reason to leave, say, PDP, but because there's a disruption there, not left, have no reason to leave Labour Party.
9:21
But because people in power There's no one way to it in India.
9:27
And when I went to ADC, I met similar situations.
9:31
And I'm able to battle in similar situations even where I am now.

8 MINS LATER

Musa Tijani
Musa TijaniCORRESPONDENT
17:41
Obi, if you lose after exhausting all legal arguments, will you accept the outcome and encourage your supporters to do the same?
2:24
Mm-hmm.
2:25
Nobody in this political circle election have taken time to travel as much as I've done, trying to learn what made other countries succeed.
7:36
So, so you're saying there's a possibility you may not be a candidate based on how they are going?
7:38
Not even candidate.
7:39
I might not even be alive.
7:41
I'm telling you, every single thing I do for a living, this government is frustrating it.
7:49
Deliberately so.
7:51
Everything.

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