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{{short description|Nigerian politician}}
{{Use Nigerian English|date=October 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2021}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Peter Obi
| image = Peter Obi2.jpg
| honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|country=NG|CON}}
| caption =
| office = [[Governor of Anambra State]]
| president =
| term_start = 14 June 2007
| term_end = 17 March 2014
| predecessor = [[Andy Uba]]
| successor = [[Willie Obiano]]
| office1 =
| term_start1 = 9 February 2007
| term_end1 = 29 May 2007
| predecessor1 = [[Virginia Etiaba]]
| successor1 = [[Andy Uba]]
| term_start2 =
| term_end2 =
| predecessor2 =
| successor2 =
| term_start3 = 17 March 2006
| term_end3 = 2 November 2006
| predecessor3 = [[Chris Ngige]]
| successor3 = [[Virginia Etiaba]]
| birth_name = Peter Gregory Obi
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1961|7|19|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Onitsha]], [[Anambra State]], [[Nigeria]]
| death_date =
| death_place =
| party = [[Labour Party (Nigeria)|Labour Party]]
| otherparty = [[All Progressives Grand Alliance]] (2002–2014)<br> [[People's Democratic Party (Nigeria)|People's Democratic Party]] (before 2002; 2014–2022)
| spouse = Margaret Browson Usen
| children = 2
| alma_mater = {{plainlist|
*[[Christ the King College, Onitsha]]
*[[University of Nigeria, Nsukka]] {{small|([[Bachelor of Arts|B.A]])}}
*[[Lagos Business School]]
*[[Harvard Business School]]
*[[London School of Economics]]
*[[Columbia Business School]]
*[[Institute for Management Development]]
}}
| website = {{url|peterobi.org|Official website}}
| occupation = {{plainlist|
*Politician
*Businessman
*Banker
}}
}}
'''Peter Gregory Obi''' {{post-nominals|country=NG|CON}} (born 19 July 1961) is a Nigerian businessman and politician who served as [[Governor of Anambra State|Governor of Anambra]] from March to November 2006, February to May 2007, and from June 2007 to March 2014. In May 2022, he became the [[Labour Party (Nigeria)|Labour Party]] nominee for [[President of Nigeria]] in the [[2023 Nigerian presidential election|2023 presidential election]].<ref>{{cite web |title=2023: Obi picks LP presidential ticket |url=https://guardian.ng/news/2023-obi-picks-lp-presidential-ticket/ |website=[[The Guardian (Nigeria)|The Guardian]] |date=30 May 2022 |publisher=[[News Agency of Nigeria]] |access-date=18 June 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Channel TV |date=10 June 2022 |title=2023: Peter Obi Gets Certificate Of Return As Labour Party Presidential Candidate |work=Channels Television |url=https://www.channelstv.com/2022/06/10/2023-peter-obi-gets-certificate-of-return-as-labour-party-presidential-candidate/ |access-date=27 June 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Adenekan |first=Samson |date=30 May 2022 |title=UPDATED: Peter Obi emerges Labour Party presidential candidate |work=Premium Times NG |url=https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/533601-updated-peter-obi-emerges-labour-party-presidential-candidate.html |access-date=27 June 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Akpan |first=Samuel |date=9 June 2022 |title=INEC: Peter Obi is recognised presidential candidate for Labour Party |work=The Cable |url=https://www.thecable.ng/inec-peter-obi-is-recognised-presidential-candidate-for-labour-party |access-date=27 June 2022}}</ref>

Born in [[Onitsha]] in 1961, Obi graduated from the [[University of Nigeria]] in 1984. Afterwards he entered business and banking, eventually rising to hold several high-ranking executive positions at banks. By the early 2000s, Obi was the chairman of [[Fidelity Bank Nigeria|Fidelity Bank]] before leaving the position to enter politics. Obi [[2003 Anambra State gubernatorial election|ran for governor in 2003]], as a member of the [[All Progressives Grand Alliance]] but his main opponent was unlawfully declared victor. After three years of legal battles, Obi was declared winner in 2006 and assumed office in March, 2006. He was then impeached that November before the impeachment was overturned and he returned to office in February 2007. Again, Obi was removed when [[2007 Anambra State gubernatorial election|a new election]] was held in April 2007 but the judiciary intervened again and ruled that he should be allowed to complete a full four-year term. In 2010, he [[2010 Anambra State gubernatorial election|won re-election]] to a second term.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Benson, Edike, Ujumadu & Ezema |first=Dayo, Tony, Vincent & James |date=7 February 2010 |title=INEC declares Obi winner |work=Vanguard |url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2010/02/inec-declares-obi-winner/ |access-date=27 June 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Sahara Reporters |date=6 February 2010 |title=Governor Peter Obi declared winner of Anambra polls |work=Sahara Reporters |url=https://saharareporters.com/2010/02/06/governor-peter-obi-declared-winner-anambra-polls |access-date=27 June 2022}}</ref> Obi's terms were marked by improvements in state finances, education, and healthcare.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2017/02/09/obiano-obi-did-magic-in-healthcare-delivery-in-anambra/amp/ | title=Obiano: Obi Did Magic in Healthcare Delivery in Anambra – THISDAYLIVE }}</ref>

After leaving office in 2014, Obi gained new status as an advocate for good governance and national political figure after decamping to the [[Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria)|Peoples Democratic Party]] in 2014.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ujumadu & Okonkwo |first=Vincent & Nwabueze |date=8 October 2014 |title=Ex-Anambra gov, Obi decamps to PDP |work=Vanguard |url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/10/ex-anambra-gov-obi-decamps-pdp/ |access-date=27 June 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Premium Times |date=7 October 2014 |title=Finally, Ex-Gov. Peter Obi dumps APGA for PDP |work=Premium Times |url=https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/169175-finally-ex-gov-peter-obi-dumps-apga-for-pdp.html |access-date=27 June 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Channels TV |date=7 October 2014 |title=Former Anambra Governor Peter Obi Joins PDP |work=Channels Television |url=https://www.channelstv.com/2014/10/07/former-anambra-governor-peter-obi-joins-pdp/}}</ref> In 2019, he was selected as the vice presidential nominee in the [[2019 Nigerian general election|presidential election]] running alongside [[Atiku Abubakar]],<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ogundipe |first=Samuel |date=12 October 2018 |title=It's Official: Atiku names Peter Obi as running mate |work=Premium Times |url=https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/290113-its-official-atiku-names-peter-obi-as-running-mate.html |access-date=27 June 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Fabiyi, Adepegba and Okafor |first=Olusola, Adelani and Tony |date=13 October 2018 |title=2019: Atiku picks Peter Obi as running mate |work=Punch |url=https://punchng.com/2019-atiku-picks-peter-obi-as-running-mate/ |access-date=27 June 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Kehinde |first=Opeyemi |date=12 October 2018 |title=2019: Atiku picks Peter Obi as running mate |work=Daily Trust |url=https://dailytrust.com/2019-atiku-picks-peter-obi-as-running-mate |access-date=27 June 2022}}</ref> but lost to incumbent president [[Muhammadu Buhari]] and vice president [[Yemi Osinbajo]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Abdur Rahman Alfa Shaban |date=27 February 2019 |title=Buhari beats Atiku to secure re-election as Nigeria president |work=African News |url=https://www.africanews.com/2019/02/27/buhari-beats-atiku-to-secure-re-election-as-nigeria-president// |access-date=27 June 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Abisola Olasupo, Dennis Erezi, Solomon Fowowe and Timileyin Omilana |date=27 February 2019 |title=Buhari wins 2019 presidential election |work=The Guardian |url=https://guardian.ng/news/buhari-wins-2019-presidential-election/ |access-date=27 June 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Stephanie Busari and Aanu Adeoye |date=27 February 2019 |title=Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari reelected, but opponent rejects results |work=CNN |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2019/02/26/africa/buhari-wins-nigeria-election-intl/index.html |access-date=27 June 2022}}</ref>

In May 2022, Obi became the presidential candidate of the LP in the upcoming 2023 general elections, after defecting from the PDP.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Chinagorom Ugwu |date=24 March 2022 |title=2023: Peter Obi declares for president, vows to create jobs, secure Nigeria |work=Premium Times |url=https://www.premiumtimesng.com/regional/ssouth-east/519426-2023-peter-obi-declares-for-president-vows-to-create-jobs-secure-nigeria.html |access-date=27 June 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Vincent Ufuoma |date=24 March 2022 |title=2023: Peter Obi joins presidential race |url=https://www.icirnigeria.org/2023-peter-obi-joins-presidential-race/ |archive-date=27 June 2022 |website=www.icirnigeria.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=By Nwafor Sunday |date=24 March 2022 |title=Peter Obi declares for 2023 presidential race |work=Vanguard |url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2022/03/breaking-peter-obi-declares-for-2023-presidential-race/ |access-date=27 June 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Alphonsus Agborh |date=30 May 2022 |title=(UPDATE): Peter Obi emerges Labour Party presidential candidate |work=Nigerian Tribune |url=https://tribuneonlineng.com/update-peter-obi-emerges-labour-party-presidential-candidate/ |access-date=27 June 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Channels TV |date=10 June 2022 |title=2023: Peter Obi Gets Certificate Of Return As Labour Party Presidential Candidate |work=Channels Television |url=https://www.channelstv.com/2022/06/10/2023-peter-obi-gets-certificate-of-return-as-labour-party-presidential-candidate/ |access-date=27 June 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Samson Adenekan |date=30 May 2022 |title=UPDATED: Peter Obi emerges Labour Party presidential candidate |work=Premium Times |url=https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/533601-updated-peter-obi-emerges-labour-party-presidential-candidate.html |access-date=27 June 2022}}</ref> Obi's presidential campaign has been described as [[Populism|populist]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Peter Obi shakes up the political class |url=https://www.africa-confidential.com/article-preview/id/14034/Peter_Obi_shakes_up_the_political_class |access-date=2022-07-30 |website=www.africa-confidential.com |language=en}}</ref> and has been noted for its support among many young Nigerians,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Online |first=Tribune |date=2022-07-04 |title=The rise of populism in Nigeria's political landscape |url=https://tribuneonlineng.com/the-rise-of-populism-in-nigerias-political-landscape/ |access-date=2022-07-30 |website=Tribune Online |language=en-GB}}</ref> who have been nicknamed "Obi-dients".<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-07-30 |title='Obidients' hail Peter Obi's massive welcome at Dunamis |url=https://punchng.com/obidients-hail-peter-obis-massive-welcome-at-dunamis/ |access-date=2022-07-30 |website=Punch Newspapers |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-07-20 |title=Is Peter Obi and 'Obidients' really ready? |url=https://dailytrust.com/is-peter-obi-and-obidients-really-ready |access-date=2022-07-30 |website=Daily Trust |language=en}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
Peter Obi was born on 19 July 1961 in [[Onitsha]], [[Anambra State]].<ref name="dailypost.ng">{{cite web| url = http://dailypost.ng/2018/10/12/peter-obi-profile-pdp-vice-presidential-candidate/| title = Peter Obi: Profile of PDP vice presidential candidate - Daily Post Nigeria| date = 12 October 2018}}</ref> He attended [[Christ the King College, Onitsha]], where he completed his secondary school education.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.legit.ng/1189429-peter-obis-biography-career.html|title = Peter Obi: Early years, education, career and family|date = 3 September 2018}}</ref> He was admitted to the [[University of Nigeria]], in 1980, [[Graduation|graduated]] with a B.A. (Hons) in [[philosophy]] in 1984.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Peter Obi: A complete profile|url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/10/peter-obi-a-complete-profile/|date=2018-10-13|website=Vanguard News|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-25}}</ref>

Peter Obi attended [[Lagos Business School]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Home {{!}} Lagos Business School|url=https://www.lbs.edu.ng/|website=Lagos Business School|access-date=2020-05-25}}</ref> where he completed the Chief Executive Program, [[Harvard Business School]], where he completed two major programs, the [[London School of Economics]], [[Columbia Business School]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Columbia Business School MBA Program|url=https://www8.gsb.columbia.edu/programs/mba|last=School|first=Columbia Business|date=2015-07-09|website=Programs|language=en|access-date=2020-05-25}}</ref> and the [[International Institute for Management Development]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=IMD business school for management and leadership courses|url=https://www.imd.org/|website=IMD business school|access-date=2020-05-25}}</ref> where he received certificates in the Senior Executive Program and the Chief Executive Officer Program. He also attended the [[Kellogg School of Management]] of [[Northwestern University]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kellogg School of Management {{!}} Northwestern University|url=https://www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/|website=www.kellogg.northwestern.edu|access-date=2020-05-25}}</ref> [[Saïd Business School]] of [[Oxford University]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Leadership {{!}} Saïd Business School|url=https://www.sbs.ox.ac.uk/|website=www.sbs.ox.ac.uk|language=en|access-date=2020-05-25}}</ref> and the [[Cambridge Judge Business School|Judge Business School]] of [[Cambridge University]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Peter Obi: A complete profile|url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/10/peter-obi-a-complete-profile/|date=2018-10-13|website=Vanguard News|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-29}}</ref>

== Pre-political career ==
Obi was a [[businessman]] before he ventured into politics.<ref>{{cite web |title=Peter Obi's Biography: daughter, wife, net worth
|url=https://www.kemifilani.ng/breaking-news/peter-obis-biography-daughter-wife-net-worth |website=Kemi Filani |date=8 October 2021 |access-date=3 May 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1= Afolabi Blessing |title=Peter Obi Net Worth, Biography, Cars And Houses
|url=https://www.carmart.ng/public/blog/about-peter-obi/ |website= Carmart.ng |date= April 2022 |access-date=3 May 2022}}</ref> According to himself, Obi started his life as a trader, being born into trading family before venturing into the corporate world.
He held leadership positions in some private establishments. Some of the companies he served includes:
Next International Nigeria Ltd, Chairman and Director of Guardian Express Mortgage Bank Ltd, Guardian Express Bank Plc, Future View Securities Ltd, Paymaster Nigeria Ltd, Chams Nigeria Ltd, Data Corp Ltd and Card Centre Ltd. He was the youngest chairman of Fidelity Bank Plc.<ref name="dailypost.ng"/><ref>{{Cite web |last=sunnews |date=2016-10-11 |title=Managing recession: The Duke, Obi examples |url=https://www.sunnewsonline.com/managing-recession-the-duke-obi-examples/ |access-date=2022-08-08 |website=The Sun Nigeria |language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Chuks|first=Chris|date=2009-07-09|title=Meet the Governor|work=PeterObi.org|publisher=Exmark Technologies|url=http://www.peterobi.org/mandateCVPeter.php|url-status=dead|access-date=2009-12-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100313190939/http://peterobi.org/mandateCVPeter.php|archive-date=2010-03-13}}</ref>

== Political career ==
===First term===
Peter Obi contested in the Anambra State Governorship [[Election]] as a candidate for the [[All Progressives Grand Alliance]] (APGA) party in 2003, but his opponent, [[Chris Ngige]] of the [[People's Democratic Party (Nigeria)|People's Democratic Party]], was declared winner by the [[Independent National Electoral Commission]] (INEC).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Peter Obi V. Independent National Electoral Commission & Ors (S.C. 123/2007 ) [2007] NGSC 180 (13 July 2007); {{!}} Nigeria Legal Information Institute|url=https://nigerialii.org/ng/judgment/supreme-court/2007/180|website=nigerialii.org|access-date=2020-05-28}}</ref>

After nearly three years of litigation, [[Chris Ngige|Ngige's]] victory was overturned by the [[Court of Appeal]] on 15 March 2006.
Obi took office for on 17 March 2006. On 2 November 2006, he was impeached by the state house of assembly after seven months in office and was replaced the next day by [[Virginia Etiaba]], his deputy, making her the first-ever female governor in Nigeria's history.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Vanguard |date=29 May 2018 |title=Obi impeached for refusing to inflate Anambra budget —Presidency |work=Vanguard |url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/05/obi-impeached-refusing-inflate-anambra-budget-presidency/ |access-date=27 June 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Ijeoma Ezekwere |date=3 November 2006 |title=Nigeria's Anambra replaces impeached governor |work=Mail & Guardian |url=https://mg.co.za/article/2006-11-03-nigerias-anambra-replaces-impeached-governor/ |access-date=27 June 2022}}</ref>
Obi successfully challenged his impeachment and was re-instated as the governor on 9 February 2007 by the [[Court of Appeal]] sitting in Enugu. Etiaba handed power back to him after the court ruling.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://allafrica.com/stories/201002160222.html
|title=Peter Obi - The Making of an Enigma
|work=[[Daily Champion]]
|author=Etaghene Edirin
|date=14 February 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Sahara reporters |date=8 February 2007 |title=Peter Obi wins, he takes over! |work=Sahara Reporters |url=https://saharareporters.com/2007/02/08/peter-obi-wins-he-takes-over |access-date=27 June 2022}}</ref>

Peter Obi once again left office on 29 May 2007 following the General Elections, in which [[Andy Uba]] was declared the winner by the electoral body.
Obi returned to the courts once more, this time contending that the four-year tenure he had won in the 2003 elections only started to run when he took office in March 2006. On 14 June 2007 the [[Supreme Court of Nigeria]] upheld Obi's contention and returned Obi to office. This brought to an abrupt end the tenure of Obi's successor, [[Andy Uba]] whose 14 April 2007 election the [[Supreme Court of Nigeria|Supreme Court]] nullified on the grounds that Obi's four-year tenure should have remained undisturbed until March 2010.<ref>
{{cite news |first=Camillus |last=Eboh |title=Close Obasanjo ally loses governor's seat in Nigeria |url=http://africa.reuters.com/wire/news/usnL14239133.html |work=Africa.Reuters.com |publisher=Reuters |date=2007-06-14 |access-date=2008-01-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071221064311/http://africa.reuters.com/wire/news/usnL14239133.html |archive-date=2007-12-21 |url-status=dead }}
</ref>

===Second term===

On 7 February 2010, the [[Independent National Electoral Commission]] (INEC) declared Peter Obi the winner of the [[2010 Anambra State gubernatorial election|2010 Anambra State Gubernatorial election]], where he defeated [[Charles Chukwuma Soludo|Professor Charles Chukwuma Soludo]], former governor, [[Central Bank of Nigeria|CBN]]. This election victory gave Governor Obi an additional four years as the governor of Anambra State.<ref name=day947>{{cite web |url=http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=165947
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100212105816/http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=165947 |archive-date=12 February 2010
|url-status=dead|title=Obi Re-elected Anambra State Governor...(UPDATED)|date=2 July 2010 |publisher=ThisDay |access-date=2 June 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Dayo Benson, Tony Edike, Vincent Ujumadu & James Ezema |date=7 February 2010 |title=INEC declares Obi winner |work=Vanguard |url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2010/02/inec-declares-obi-winner/ |access-date=27 June 2022}}</ref>
On 17 March 2014 Peter Obi served out his second term and handed over the governorship to [[Willie Obiano]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Obiano sworn-in as Anambra Governor - Premium Times Nigeria|url=https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/156902-obiano-sworn-anambra-governor.html|date=2014-03-17|language=en-GB|access-date=2020-05-28}}</ref>

After the 2015 [[General election|General Election]], President [[Goodluck Jonathan]] appointed Peter Obi as the chairman of the [[Nigerian Security and Exchange Commission]] (SEC).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Jonathan appoints Peter Obi chairman of SEC|url=https://guardian.ng/news/jonathan-appoints-peter-obi-chairman-of-sec/|last=Olajide|first=Bukky|date=2015|website=The Guardian}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Vanguard |date=27 April 2015 |title=Jonathan appoints Peter Obi as Chairman of SEC |work=Vanguard |url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/04/jonathan-appoints-peter-obi-as-chairman-of-sec/ |access-date=27 June 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=PM News |date=27 April 2015 |title=Why Jonathan appointed Peter Obi SEC chairman |work=PM News Nigeria |url=https://pmnewsnigeria.com/2015/04/27/why-jonathan-appointed-peter-obi-sec-chairman/ |access-date=27 June 2022}}</ref>

===2019 presidential elections===
On 12 October 2018, Peter Obi was named as the running mate to [[Atiku Abubakar]], the [[People's Democratic Party (Nigeria)|Peoples Democratic Party's]] Presidential Candidate in the Nigerian 2019 Presidential elections. As a candidate for Vice President, Obi opposed proposals for a standardized national minimum wage, arguing that different states should have different minimum wages.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-01-03 |title=Minimum wage: States should determine what they pay their workers - Peter Obi |url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/01/minimum-wage-states-should-determine-what-they-pay-their-workers-peter-obi/ |access-date=2022-07-30 |website=Vanguard News |language=en-GB}}</ref> The Abubakar/Obi ticket came second.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/10/breaking-atiku-picks-peter-obi-as-running-mate/amp/| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181013003221/https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/10/breaking-atiku-picks-peter-obi-as-running-mate/amp/| archive-date = 2018-10-13| title = Breaking: Atiku picks Peter Obi as running mate - Vanguard News}}</ref>

===2023 presidential elections===
{{Main|2023 Nigerian presidential election}}
On 24 March 2022, Peter Obi declared his intention to run for the position of President of Nigeria under the platform of the [[People's Democratic Party (Nigeria)|Peoples Democratic Party]], but later pulled out and announced he would be running under the [[Labour Party (Nigeria)|Labour Party]] platform instead.<ref>{{Cite news|title=2023 - Peter Obi declares for president, vows to create jobs, secure Nigeria|url=https://www.premiumtimesng.com/regional/ssouth-east/519426-2023-peter-obi-declares-for-president-vows-to-create-jobs-secure-nigeria.html|date=2022-03-24|language=en-GB|access-date=2022-05-07}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Peter Obi resigns from PDP: Former Anambra state govnor tok why e withdraw from di Peoples Democratic Party presidential primaries |url=https://www.bbc.com/pidgin/tori-61586581 |newspaper=BBC News Pidgin |publisher=BBC |access-date=15 June 2022}}</ref> According to the [[Peoples Gazette|''Peoples Gazette'']], Peter Obi wrote to the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party on 24 May to resign his membership.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-06-08 |title=PDP, Peter Obi and the corrupt system |url=https://guardian.ng/opinion/pdp-peter-obi-and-the-corrupt-system/ |access-date=2022-06-10 |website=The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News |language=en-US}}</ref> Obi reportedly complained of massive bribing of delegates and vote buying at party's presidential primary, citing the existence of a party clique collaborating against him.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://gazettengr.com/exclusive-peter-obi-dumps-pdp-pulls-out-of-presidential-primaries/ |title =EXCLUSIVE: Peter Obi dumps PDP, pulls out of presidential primaries |date=2022-05-25 |last=Akintade|first=Adefemola |newspaper=Peoples Gazette}}</ref>

Younger generations under 30 proved to be some of the biggest Obi's supporters, showing their support via social media and protests and street marches.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-61865502 | title=Peter Obi: The Labour Party candidate electrifying young Nigerians | date=5 July 2022 | publisher =BBC News |access-date=2022-07-05 }}</ref> Obi's business background and status as a major candidate not affiliated with either of Nigeria's two main parties has drawn comparisons with [[Emmanuel Macron]]'s successful [[2017 French presidential election|2017 French presidential candidacy]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-06-20 |title=Like France's Macron, How The Peter Obi Wave Can Sweep Labour Party To Power In Nigeria, Retiring PDP/APC {{!}} The Oasis Reporters |url=https://www.theoasisreporters.com/like-frances-macron-how-the-peter-obi-wave-can-sweep-labour-party-to-power-in-nigeria-retiring-pdp-apc/ |access-date=2022-07-30 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Rapheal |date=2022-06-26 |title=Peter Obi and Macron magic |url=https://www.sunnewsonline.com/peter-obi-and-macron-magic/ |access-date=2022-07-30 |website=The Sun Nigeria |language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=The Macron Like Revolution That Might Make Peter Obi President, By Onwuasoanya FCC Jones |url=https://emporiumreporters.com.ng/the-macron-like-revolution-that-might-make-peter-obi-president-by-onwuasoanya-fcc-jones/ |access-date=2022-07-30 |website=Emporium Reporters |language=en-US}}</ref> Obi has expressed admiration for Macron and was among the officials who received Macron during his visit to Lagos.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2018-07-05 |title=Peter Obi: President Macron's Visit Is A Good Omen |url=https://newsrangers.com/peter-obi-president-macrons-visit-is-a-good-omen/ |access-date=2022-07-30 |website= |language=en-US}}</ref>

On 8 July 2022, Obi unveiled his running mate, [[Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed|Senator Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed]]. Speaking on his choice of the vice presidential candidate, he stated as follows: “This is our right to secure, unite and make Nigeria productive. And you can do that without having people who have similar visions, ideas and are prepared for the task. So, I have the honour today to present to you, God willing, Nigeria’s next vice president in the person of Senator Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed.”<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.sunnewsonline.com/peter-obi-announces-datti-baba-ahmed-as-running-mate/ | title=Peter Obi announces Datti Baba-Ahmed as running mate | date=8 July 2022 }}</ref>

==Awards and honors==
These are some of the notable awards of Peter Obi<ref>{{cite web |last1=Admin |title=Peter Obi: A complete profile |url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/10/peter-obi-a-complete-profile/ |website=Vanguard |date=13 October 2018 |access-date=15 February 2019}}</ref><ref name="Peter Obi's biography and career">{{cite web |last1=Faleae |first1=Vivian |title=Peter Obi's biography and career |url=https://www.legit.ng/1189429-peter-obis-biography-career.html |website=Legit.ng |date=3 September 2018 |access-date=15 February 2019}}</ref>

* Man of the year award (2022)https://www.vanguardngr.com/2022/08/peter-obi-emerges-2022-man-of-the-year/
* Sun Newspaper's Man of the Year (2007)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rapheal |date=2022-07-19 |title=Peter Obi: 61 years on a solid rock |url=https://www.sunnewsonline.com/peter-obi-61-years-on-a-solid-rock/ |access-date=2022-08-06 |website=The Sun Nigeria |language=en-us}}</ref>
* [[This Day]] Newspaper's Most Prudent Governor in Nigeria (2009)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Times |first=Premium |date=2022-06-18 |title=Peter Obi, the Obi-dient army and the audacity of hope, By Osmund Agbo |url=https://www.premiumtimesng.com/opinion/537635-peter-obi-the-obi-dient-army-and-the-audacity-of-hope-by-osmund-agbo.html |access-date=2022-08-06 |website=Premium Times Nigeria |language=en-GB}}</ref>
* [[This Day]]'s Governor of the Decade (2020)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-01-26 |title=Peter Obi as Governor of the Decade |url=https://www.sunnewsonline.com/peter-obi-as-governor-of-the-decade/ |access-date=2022-06-10 |website=The Sun Nigeria |language=en-US}}</ref>
* Champion Newspaper's Nigeria's Most Trustworthy Governor (2009)
* West Africa ICT Development Award for Governor of the Year (2010)
* Zik Leadership Prize (2011)
* [[Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation]]'s Best Performing Governor on Immunization in South-East [[Nigeria]] (2012)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Polio Eradication: Bill Gates' Foundation Names Obi Best Governor In Nigeria {{!}} Channels Television |url=https://www.channelstv.com/2013/07/06/polio-eradication-bill-gates-foundation-names-obi-best-governor-in-nigeria/amp/?fbclid=IwAR2ra0AEx5MtJLHycvTnZYC1fc_LejbRDJLcV6WLUC2TwRjypfaNEgy-2ME |access-date=2022-06-10 |website=www.channelstv.com}}</ref>
* Ezeife Leadership Foundation's Leadership and Good Governance Award (2012)
* [[Methodist Church of Nigeria]]'s Golden Award on Prudence (2012); Business Hallmark Newspaper's Man of the Year (2012)
* [[Silverbird Group|Silverbird]]'s Man of the Year (2013)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-10-13 |title=Peter Obi: A complete profile |url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/10/peter-obi-a-complete-profile/ |access-date=2022-06-10 |website=Vanguard News |language=en-GB}}</ref>
* The Voice Newspaper's Award for Outstanding Example in Leadership and Governance (2014)
* Champion Newspaper's Most Outstanding Igbo Man of the Decade (2014)
* Distinguished Alumnus Award - Lagos Business School Alumni Association (LBSAA) (2014)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.lbs.edu.ng/lbsaa-honours-obi-others-at-presidents-dinner/ | title=LBSAA honours Obi, Others at President's Dinner - Lagos Business School | date=9 June 2014 }}</ref>
* [[Nigerian Library Association]]'s Golden Merit Award (2014)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Peter Obi bags Golden Merit Award •Why we honoured him —Nigerian Library Association |url=https://newsexpressngr.com/news/6367-Peter-Obi-bags-Golden-Merit-Award-Why-we-honoured-him-Nigerian-Library-Association |access-date=2022-08-06 |website=News Express Nigeria Website |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Order of St. Sylvester|Pontifical Equestrian Order of Saint Sylvester]] Pope and Martyr (2014)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-12-21 |title=My Papal knighthood exceptional —Obi |url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/12/papal-knighthood-exceptional-obi/ |access-date=2022-06-04 |website=Vanguard News |language=en-GB}}</ref>
* [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Onitsha|Catholic Diocese of Onitsha's]] Golden Jubilee Award (2015)

==Pandora Papers revelations==
{{See also|Pandora Papers}}
The result of the [[Pandora Papers]] leaks, the [[Premium Times]] reported on Obi's involvement in offshore companies in tax havens such as the [[British Virgin Islands]] and [[Barbados]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-10-12 |title=Pandora Papers: I don't own more than $15m in offshore account –Peter Obi |url=https://www.sunnewsonline.com/pandora-papers-i-dont-own-more-than-15m-in-offshore-account-peter-obi/ |access-date=2022-03-01 |website=The Sun Nigeria |language=en-US}}</ref> Obi appeared to have made shell companies in the 1990s with the [[Barbados]]-based Beauchamp Investments Limited and [[United Kingdom|UK]]-based Next International (UK) Limited being tied back to Obi and his family.<ref name="premiumTimes">{{cite web |last1=Adebayo |first1=Taiwo-Hassan |title=Pandora Papers: Inside Peter Obi's secret businesses — and how he broke the law |url=https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/487997-pandora-papers-inside-peter-obis-secret-businesses-and-how-he-broke-the-law.html |website=[[Premium Times]] |date=4 October 2021 |access-date=5 October 2021}}</ref> This was before he held any political office in Nigeria.
Further reporting showed that in 2010 as well, Obi had Access International help him set up and manage Gabriella Investments Limited, a company in the [[British Virgin Islands]] named after Obi's daughter. One of the directors was also the director of a [[Belize]]-based shell company that was issued 50,000 shares in Gabriella Investments.
In 2017, Obi reorganized the company under the name PMGG Investments Limited and created a trust named The Gabriella Settlement which became the sole shareholder in PMGG Investments Limited. Obi was not holding any political position at this time.

According to the Premium Times report which claimed that Obi had broken several laws due to his business dealings. The report claimed that firstly, Obi remained as director of Next International (UK) Limited while serving as Governor of [[Anambra State]], which is in direct violation of Code of Conduct Bureau and Tribunal Act. However Obi described that claim to be misleading and wrong in an interview with [[Arise News]] stating that he resigned from all companies before taking the office of Governor of Anambra State.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.arise.tv/peter-obi-i-resigned-from-11-companies-when-i-became-governor/ | title=Peter Obi: I Resigned from 11 Companies when I Became Governor | date=11 October 2021 }}</ref> Secondly, it claimed that Obi's non-declaration of his offshore companies broke the [[Nigerian Constitution]]'s provision that require public officers to declare all their properties, assets, and liabilities. Lastly, both the Constitution and the [[Code of conduct|Code of Conduct]] Bureau and Tribunal Act outlaw a public officer from holding a bank account outside Nigeria and the leaks made it clear that Obi maintained his foreign accounts while serving as Governor.<ref name="premiumTimes" />

After the revelations, civil society groups pushed for investigations into Obi as reporters queried the EFCC on if the commission would start investigating Obi.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Alechenu |first1=John |last2=Olokor |first2=Friday |last3=Adepegba |first3=Adelani |title=CSOs berate FG, VIPs as Pandora papers implicate Peter Obi, nine others |url=https://punchng.com/csos-berate-fg-vips-as-pandora-papers-implicate-peter-obi-nine-others/ |website=[[The Punch]] |date=5 October 2021 |access-date=5 October 2021}}</ref> A few days after the report, Obi responded by claiming that he did not break any laws and clarified that the accounts' money was accrued from his time as a businessman. The EFCC invited him for questioning later in October 2021 after Buhari directed all anti-corruption agencies to investigate those named in the leaks.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Abdulsalam |first1=Hassan |title=PANDORA PAPERS: Peter Obi reacts, tries to mislead Nigerians |url=https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/488797-pandora-papers-peter-obi-reacts-tries-to-mislead-nigerians.html |website=[[Premium Times]] |date=7 October 2021 |access-date=8 October 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://punchng.com/pandora-papers-how-i-made-money-peter-obi/ |title=Pandora Papers: How I made money —Peter Obi |first=Segun |last=Adewole |date=11 October 2021 |website=[[The Punch]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Adebayo |first1=Taiwo-Hassan |title=Pandora Papers: EFCC summons Peter Obi |url=https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/490191-pandora-papers-efcc-summons-peter-obi.html |website=[[Premium Times]] |date=17 October 2021 |access-date=18 October 2021}}</ref> However, no criminal case has ever been filed against Obi.

==Personal life==
Peter Obi married Margaret Brownson Obi (née Usen) in 1992. They have two children – a male and a female. Obi is a [[Catholic]]<ref name="Peter Obi's biography and career"/> of [[Igbo people|Igbo]] descent.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Okutu |first1=Peter |title=2023: Any person that 'll not vote Peter Obi is no genuine Igbo man — Eze |url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2022/06/2023-any-person-that-ll-not-vote-peter-obi-is-not-genuine-igbo-man-eze/ |website=Vanguard |date=11 June 2022 |publisher=Vanguard Media Limited |access-date=15 June 2022}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[List of governors of Anambra State]]

==References==
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{{AnambraStateGovernors}}
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{{Nigerian state governors 2011-2015 term}}

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Peter Obi

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{{short description|Nigerian politician}}
{{Use Nigerian English|date=October 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2021}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Peter Obi
| image = Peter Obi2.jpg
| honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|country=NG|CON}}
| caption =
| office = [[Governor of Anambra State]]
| president =
| term_start = 14 June 2007
| term_end = 17 March 2014
| predecessor = [[Andy Uba]]
| successor = [[Willie Obiano]]
| office1 =
| term_start1 = 9 February 2007
| term_end1 = 29 May 2007
| predecessor1 = [[Virginia Etiaba]]
| successor1 = [[Andy Uba]]
| term_start2 =
| term_end2 =
| predecessor2 =
| successor2 =
| term_start3 = 17 March 2006
| term_end3 = 2 November 2006
| predecessor3 = [[Chris Ngige]]
| successor3 = [[Virginia Etiaba]]
| birth_name = Peter Gregory Obi
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1961|7|19|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Onitsha]], [[Anambra State]], [[Nigeria]]
| death_date =
| death_place =
| party = [[Labour Party (Nigeria)|Labour Party]]
| otherparty = [[All Progressives Grand Alliance]] (2002–2014)<br> [[People's Democratic Party (Nigeria)|People's Democratic Party]] (before 2002; 2014–2022)
| spouse = Margaret Browson Usen
| children = 2
| alma_mater = {{plainlist|
*[[Christ the King College, Onitsha]]
*[[University of Nigeria, Nsukka]] {{small|([[Bachelor of Arts|B.A]])}}
*[[Lagos Business School]]
*[[Harvard Business School]]
*[[London School of Economics]]
*[[Columbia Business School]]
*[[Institute for Management Development]]
}}
| website = {{url|peterobi.org|Official website}}
| occupation = {{plainlist|
*Politician
*Businessman
*Banker
}}
}}
'''Peter Gregory Obi''' {{post-nominals|country=NG|CON}} (born 19 July 1961) is a Nigerian businessman and politician who served as [[Governor of Anambra State|Governor of Anambra]] from March to November 2006, February to May 2007, and from June 2007 to March 2014. In May 2022, he became the [[Labour Party (Nigeria)|Labour Party]] nominee for [[President of Nigeria]] in the [[2023 Nigerian presidential election|2023 presidential election]].<ref>{{cite web |title=2023: Obi picks LP presidential ticket |url=https://guardian.ng/news/2023-obi-picks-lp-presidential-ticket/ |website=[[The Guardian (Nigeria)|The Guardian]] |date=30 May 2022 |publisher=[[News Agency of Nigeria]] |access-date=18 June 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Channel TV |date=10 June 2022 |title=2023: Peter Obi Gets Certificate Of Return As Labour Party Presidential Candidate |work=Channels Television |url=https://www.channelstv.com/2022/06/10/2023-peter-obi-gets-certificate-of-return-as-labour-party-presidential-candidate/ |access-date=27 June 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Adenekan |first=Samson |date=30 May 2022 |title=UPDATED: Peter Obi emerges Labour Party presidential candidate |work=Premium Times NG |url=https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/533601-updated-peter-obi-emerges-labour-party-presidential-candidate.html |access-date=27 June 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Akpan |first=Samuel |date=9 June 2022 |title=INEC: Peter Obi is recognised presidential candidate for Labour Party |work=The Cable |url=https://www.thecable.ng/inec-peter-obi-is-recognised-presidential-candidate-for-labour-party |access-date=27 June 2022}}</ref>

Born in [[Onitsha]] in 1961, Obi graduated from the [[University of Nigeria]] in 1984. Afterwards he entered business and banking, eventually rising to hold several high-ranking executive positions at banks. By the early 2000s, Obi was the chairman of [[Fidelity Bank Nigeria|Fidelity Bank]] before leaving the position to enter politics. Obi [[2003 Anambra State gubernatorial election|ran for governor in 2003]], as a member of the [[All Progressives Grand Alliance]] but his main opponent was unlawfully declared victor. After three years of legal battles, Obi was declared winner in 2006 and assumed office in March, 2006. He was then impeached that November before the impeachment was overturned and he returned to office in February 2007. Again, Obi was removed when [[2007 Anambra State gubernatorial election|a new election]] was held in April 2007 but the judiciary intervened again and ruled that he should be allowed to complete a full four-year term. In 2010, he [[2010 Anambra State gubernatorial election|won re-election]] to a second term.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Benson, Edike, Ujumadu & Ezema |first=Dayo, Tony, Vincent & James |date=7 February 2010 |title=INEC declares Obi winner |work=Vanguard |url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2010/02/inec-declares-obi-winner/ |access-date=27 June 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Sahara Reporters |date=6 February 2010 |title=Governor Peter Obi declared winner of Anambra polls |work=Sahara Reporters |url=https://saharareporters.com/2010/02/06/governor-peter-obi-declared-winner-anambra-polls |access-date=27 June 2022}}</ref> Obi's terms were marked by improvements in state finances, education, and healthcare.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2017/02/09/obiano-obi-did-magic-in-healthcare-delivery-in-anambra/amp/ | title=Obiano: Obi Did Magic in Healthcare Delivery in Anambra – THISDAYLIVE }}</ref>

After leaving office in 2014, Obi gained new status as an advocate for good governance and national political figure after decamping to the [[Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria)|Peoples Democratic Party]] in 2014.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ujumadu & Okonkwo |first=Vincent & Nwabueze |date=8 October 2014 |title=Ex-Anambra gov, Obi decamps to PDP |work=Vanguard |url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/10/ex-anambra-gov-obi-decamps-pdp/ |access-date=27 June 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Premium Times |date=7 October 2014 |title=Finally, Ex-Gov. Peter Obi dumps APGA for PDP |work=Premium Times |url=https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/169175-finally-ex-gov-peter-obi-dumps-apga-for-pdp.html |access-date=27 June 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Channels TV |date=7 October 2014 |title=Former Anambra Governor Peter Obi Joins PDP |work=Channels Television |url=https://www.channelstv.com/2014/10/07/former-anambra-governor-peter-obi-joins-pdp/}}</ref> In 2019, he was selected as the vice presidential nominee in the [[2019 Nigerian general election|presidential election]] running alongside [[Atiku Abubakar]],<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ogundipe |first=Samuel |date=12 October 2018 |title=It's Official: Atiku names Peter Obi as running mate |work=Premium Times |url=https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/290113-its-official-atiku-names-peter-obi-as-running-mate.html |access-date=27 June 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Fabiyi, Adepegba and Okafor |first=Olusola, Adelani and Tony |date=13 October 2018 |title=2019: Atiku picks Peter Obi as running mate |work=Punch |url=https://punchng.com/2019-atiku-picks-peter-obi-as-running-mate/ |access-date=27 June 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Kehinde |first=Opeyemi |date=12 October 2018 |title=2019: Atiku picks Peter Obi as running mate |work=Daily Trust |url=https://dailytrust.com/2019-atiku-picks-peter-obi-as-running-mate |access-date=27 June 2022}}</ref> but lost to incumbent president [[Muhammadu Buhari]] and vice president [[Yemi Osinbajo]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Abdur Rahman Alfa Shaban |date=27 February 2019 |title=Buhari beats Atiku to secure re-election as Nigeria president |work=African News |url=https://www.africanews.com/2019/02/27/buhari-beats-atiku-to-secure-re-election-as-nigeria-president// |access-date=27 June 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Abisola Olasupo, Dennis Erezi, Solomon Fowowe and Timileyin Omilana |date=27 February 2019 |title=Buhari wins 2019 presidential election |work=The Guardian |url=https://guardian.ng/news/buhari-wins-2019-presidential-election/ |access-date=27 June 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Stephanie Busari and Aanu Adeoye |date=27 February 2019 |title=Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari reelected, but opponent rejects results |work=CNN |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2019/02/26/africa/buhari-wins-nigeria-election-intl/index.html |access-date=27 June 2022}}</ref>

In May 2022, Obi became the presidential candidate of the LP in the upcoming 2023 general elections, after defecting from the PDP.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Chinagorom Ugwu |date=24 March 2022 |title=2023: Peter Obi declares for president, vows to create jobs, secure Nigeria |work=Premium Times |url=https://www.premiumtimesng.com/regional/ssouth-east/519426-2023-peter-obi-declares-for-president-vows-to-create-jobs-secure-nigeria.html |access-date=27 June 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Vincent Ufuoma |date=24 March 2022 |title=2023: Peter Obi joins presidential race |url=https://www.icirnigeria.org/2023-peter-obi-joins-presidential-race/ |archive-date=27 June 2022 |website=www.icirnigeria.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=By Nwafor Sunday |date=24 March 2022 |title=Peter Obi declares for 2023 presidential race |work=Vanguard |url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2022/03/breaking-peter-obi-declares-for-2023-presidential-race/ |access-date=27 June 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Alphonsus Agborh |date=30 May 2022 |title=(UPDATE): Peter Obi emerges Labour Party presidential candidate |work=Nigerian Tribune |url=https://tribuneonlineng.com/update-peter-obi-emerges-labour-party-presidential-candidate/ |access-date=27 June 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Channels TV |date=10 June 2022 |title=2023: Peter Obi Gets Certificate Of Return As Labour Party Presidential Candidate |work=Channels Television |url=https://www.channelstv.com/2022/06/10/2023-peter-obi-gets-certificate-of-return-as-labour-party-presidential-candidate/ |access-date=27 June 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Samson Adenekan |date=30 May 2022 |title=UPDATED: Peter Obi emerges Labour Party presidential candidate |work=Premium Times |url=https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/533601-updated-peter-obi-emerges-labour-party-presidential-candidate.html |access-date=27 June 2022}}</ref> Obi's presidential campaign has been described as [[Populism|populist]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Peter Obi shakes up the political class |url=https://www.africa-confidential.com/article-preview/id/14034/Peter_Obi_shakes_up_the_political_class |access-date=2022-07-30 |website=www.africa-confidential.com |language=en}}</ref> and has been noted for its support among many young Nigerians,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Online |first=Tribune |date=2022-07-04 |title=The rise of populism in Nigeria's political landscape |url=https://tribuneonlineng.com/the-rise-of-populism-in-nigerias-political-landscape/ |access-date=2022-07-30 |website=Tribune Online |language=en-GB}}</ref> who have been nicknamed "Obi-dients".<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-07-30 |title='Obidients' hail Peter Obi's massive welcome at Dunamis |url=https://punchng.com/obidients-hail-peter-obis-massive-welcome-at-dunamis/ |access-date=2022-07-30 |website=Punch Newspapers |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-07-20 |title=Is Peter Obi and 'Obidients' really ready? |url=https://dailytrust.com/is-peter-obi-and-obidients-really-ready |access-date=2022-07-30 |website=Daily Trust |language=en}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
Peter Obi was born on 19 July 1961 in [[Onitsha]], [[Anambra State]].<ref name="dailypost.ng">{{cite web| url = http://dailypost.ng/2018/10/12/peter-obi-profile-pdp-vice-presidential-candidate/| title = Peter Obi: Profile of PDP vice presidential candidate - Daily Post Nigeria| date = 12 October 2018}}</ref> He attended [[Christ the King College, Onitsha]], where he completed his secondary school education.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.legit.ng/1189429-peter-obis-biography-career.html|title = Peter Obi: Early years, education, career and family|date = 3 September 2018}}</ref> He was admitted to the [[University of Nigeria]], in 1980, [[Graduation|graduated]] with a B.A. (Hons) in [[philosophy]] in 1984.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Peter Obi: A complete profile|url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/10/peter-obi-a-complete-profile/|date=2018-10-13|website=Vanguard News|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-25}}</ref>

Peter Obi attended [[Lagos Business School]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Home {{!}} Lagos Business School|url=https://www.lbs.edu.ng/|website=Lagos Business School|access-date=2020-05-25}}</ref> where he completed the Chief Executive Program, [[Harvard Business School]], where he completed two major programs, the [[London School of Economics]], [[Columbia Business School]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Columbia Business School MBA Program|url=https://www8.gsb.columbia.edu/programs/mba|last=School|first=Columbia Business|date=2015-07-09|website=Programs|language=en|access-date=2020-05-25}}</ref> and the [[International Institute for Management Development]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=IMD business school for management and leadership courses|url=https://www.imd.org/|website=IMD business school|access-date=2020-05-25}}</ref> where he received certificates in the Senior Executive Program and the Chief Executive Officer Program. He also attended the [[Kellogg School of Management]] of [[Northwestern University]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kellogg School of Management {{!}} Northwestern University|url=https://www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/|website=www.kellogg.northwestern.edu|access-date=2020-05-25}}</ref> [[Saïd Business School]] of [[Oxford University]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Leadership {{!}} Saïd Business School|url=https://www.sbs.ox.ac.uk/|website=www.sbs.ox.ac.uk|language=en|access-date=2020-05-25}}</ref> and the [[Cambridge Judge Business School|Judge Business School]] of [[Cambridge University]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Peter Obi: A complete profile|url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/10/peter-obi-a-complete-profile/|date=2018-10-13|website=Vanguard News|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-29}}</ref>

== Pre-political career ==
Obi was a [[businessman]] before he ventured into politics.<ref>{{cite web |title=Peter Obi's Biography: daughter, wife, net worth
|url=https://www.kemifilani.ng/breaking-news/peter-obis-biography-daughter-wife-net-worth |website=Kemi Filani |date=8 October 2021 |access-date=3 May 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1= Afolabi Blessing |title=Peter Obi Net Worth, Biography, Cars And Houses
|url=https://www.carmart.ng/public/blog/about-peter-obi/ |website= Carmart.ng |date= April 2022 |access-date=3 May 2022}}</ref> According to himself, Obi started his life as a trader, being born into trading family before venturing into the corporate world.
He held leadership positions in some private establishments. Some of the companies he served includes:
Next International Nigeria Ltd, Chairman and Director of Guardian Express Mortgage Bank Ltd, Guardian Express Bank Plc, Future View Securities Ltd, Paymaster Nigeria Ltd, Chams Nigeria Ltd, Data Corp Ltd and Card Centre Ltd. He was the youngest chairman of Fidelity Bank Plc.<ref name="dailypost.ng"/><ref>{{Cite web |last=sunnews |date=2016-10-11 |title=Managing recession: The Duke, Obi examples |url=https://www.sunnewsonline.com/managing-recession-the-duke-obi-examples/ |access-date=2022-08-08 |website=The Sun Nigeria |language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Chuks|first=Chris|date=2009-07-09|title=Meet the Governor|work=PeterObi.org|publisher=Exmark Technologies|url=http://www.peterobi.org/mandateCVPeter.php|url-status=dead|access-date=2009-12-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100313190939/http://peterobi.org/mandateCVPeter.php|archive-date=2010-03-13}}</ref>

== Political career ==
===First term===
Peter Obi contested in the Anambra State Governorship [[Election]] as a candidate for the [[All Progressives Grand Alliance]] (APGA) party in 2003, but his opponent, [[Chris Ngige]] of the [[People's Democratic Party (Nigeria)|People's Democratic Party]], was declared winner by the [[Independent National Electoral Commission]] (INEC).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Peter Obi V. Independent National Electoral Commission & Ors (S.C. 123/2007 ) [2007] NGSC 180 (13 July 2007); {{!}} Nigeria Legal Information Institute|url=https://nigerialii.org/ng/judgment/supreme-court/2007/180|website=nigerialii.org|access-date=2020-05-28}}</ref>

After nearly three years of litigation, [[Chris Ngige|Ngige's]] victory was overturned by the [[Court of Appeal]] on 15 March 2006.
Obi took office for on 17 March 2006. On 2 November 2006, he was impeached by the state house of assembly after seven months in office and was replaced the next day by [[Virginia Etiaba]], his deputy, making her the first-ever female governor in Nigeria's history.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Vanguard |date=29 May 2018 |title=Obi impeached for refusing to inflate Anambra budget —Presidency |work=Vanguard |url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/05/obi-impeached-refusing-inflate-anambra-budget-presidency/ |access-date=27 June 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Ijeoma Ezekwere |date=3 November 2006 |title=Nigeria's Anambra replaces impeached governor |work=Mail & Guardian |url=https://mg.co.za/article/2006-11-03-nigerias-anambra-replaces-impeached-governor/ |access-date=27 June 2022}}</ref>
Obi successfully challenged his impeachment and was re-instated as the governor on 9 February 2007 by the [[Court of Appeal]] sitting in Enugu. Etiaba handed power back to him after the court ruling.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://allafrica.com/stories/201002160222.html
|title=Peter Obi - The Making of an Enigma
|work=[[Daily Champion]]
|author=Etaghene Edirin
|date=14 February 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Sahara reporters |date=8 February 2007 |title=Peter Obi wins, he takes over! |work=Sahara Reporters |url=https://saharareporters.com/2007/02/08/peter-obi-wins-he-takes-over |access-date=27 June 2022}}</ref>

Peter Obi once again left office on 29 May 2007 following the General Elections, in which [[Andy Uba]] was declared the winner by the electoral body.
Obi returned to the courts once more, this time contending that the four-year tenure he had won in the 2003 elections only started to run when he took office in March 2006. On 14 June 2007 the [[Supreme Court of Nigeria]] upheld Obi's contention and returned Obi to office. This brought to an abrupt end the tenure of Obi's successor, [[Andy Uba]] whose 14 April 2007 election the [[Supreme Court of Nigeria|Supreme Court]] nullified on the grounds that Obi's four-year tenure should have remained undisturbed until March 2010.<ref>
{{cite news |first=Camillus |last=Eboh |title=Close Obasanjo ally loses governor's seat in Nigeria |url=http://africa.reuters.com/wire/news/usnL14239133.html |work=Africa.Reuters.com |publisher=Reuters |date=2007-06-14 |access-date=2008-01-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071221064311/http://africa.reuters.com/wire/news/usnL14239133.html |archive-date=2007-12-21 |url-status=dead }}
</ref>

===Second term===

On 7 February 2010, the [[Independent National Electoral Commission]] (INEC) declared Peter Obi the winner of the [[2010 Anambra State gubernatorial election|2010 Anambra State Gubernatorial election]], where he defeated [[Charles Chukwuma Soludo|Professor Charles Chukwuma Soludo]], former governor, [[Central Bank of Nigeria|CBN]]. This election victory gave Governor Obi an additional four years as the governor of Anambra State.<ref name=day947>{{cite web |url=http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=165947
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100212105816/http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=165947 |archive-date=12 February 2010
|url-status=dead|title=Obi Re-elected Anambra State Governor...(UPDATED)|date=2 July 2010 |publisher=ThisDay |access-date=2 June 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Dayo Benson, Tony Edike, Vincent Ujumadu & James Ezema |date=7 February 2010 |title=INEC declares Obi winner |work=Vanguard |url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2010/02/inec-declares-obi-winner/ |access-date=27 June 2022}}</ref>
On 17 March 2014 Peter Obi served out his second term and handed over the governorship to [[Willie Obiano]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Obiano sworn-in as Anambra Governor - Premium Times Nigeria|url=https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/156902-obiano-sworn-anambra-governor.html|date=2014-03-17|language=en-GB|access-date=2020-05-28}}</ref>

After the 2015 [[General election|General Election]], President [[Goodluck Jonathan]] appointed Peter Obi as the chairman of the [[Nigerian Security and Exchange Commission]] (SEC).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Jonathan appoints Peter Obi chairman of SEC|url=https://guardian.ng/news/jonathan-appoints-peter-obi-chairman-of-sec/|last=Olajide|first=Bukky|date=2015|website=The Guardian}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Vanguard |date=27 April 2015 |title=Jonathan appoints Peter Obi as Chairman of SEC |work=Vanguard |url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/04/jonathan-appoints-peter-obi-as-chairman-of-sec/ |access-date=27 June 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=PM News |date=27 April 2015 |title=Why Jonathan appointed Peter Obi SEC chairman |work=PM News Nigeria |url=https://pmnewsnigeria.com/2015/04/27/why-jonathan-appointed-peter-obi-sec-chairman/ |access-date=27 June 2022}}</ref>

===2019 presidential elections===
On 12 October 2018, Peter Obi was named as the running mate to [[Atiku Abubakar]], the [[People's Democratic Party (Nigeria)|Peoples Democratic Party's]] Presidential Candidate in the Nigerian 2019 Presidential elections. As a candidate for Vice President, Obi opposed proposals for a standardized national minimum wage, arguing that different states should have different minimum wages.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-01-03 |title=Minimum wage: States should determine what they pay their workers - Peter Obi |url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/01/minimum-wage-states-should-determine-what-they-pay-their-workers-peter-obi/ |access-date=2022-07-30 |website=Vanguard News |language=en-GB}}</ref> The Abubakar/Obi ticket came second.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/10/breaking-atiku-picks-peter-obi-as-running-mate/amp/| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181013003221/https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/10/breaking-atiku-picks-peter-obi-as-running-mate/amp/| archive-date = 2018-10-13| title = Breaking: Atiku picks Peter Obi as running mate - Vanguard News}}</ref>

===2023 presidential elections===
{{Main|2023 Nigerian presidential election}}
On 24 March 2022, Peter Obi declared his intention to run for the position of President of Nigeria under the platform of the [[People's Democratic Party (Nigeria)|Peoples Democratic Party]], but later pulled out and announced he would be running under the [[Labour Party (Nigeria)|Labour Party]] platform instead.<ref>{{Cite news|title=2023 - Peter Obi declares for president, vows to create jobs, secure Nigeria|url=https://www.premiumtimesng.com/regional/ssouth-east/519426-2023-peter-obi-declares-for-president-vows-to-create-jobs-secure-nigeria.html|date=2022-03-24|language=en-GB|access-date=2022-05-07}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Peter Obi resigns from PDP: Former Anambra state govnor tok why e withdraw from di Peoples Democratic Party presidential primaries |url=https://www.bbc.com/pidgin/tori-61586581 |newspaper=BBC News Pidgin |publisher=BBC |access-date=15 June 2022}}</ref> According to the [[Peoples Gazette|''Peoples Gazette'']], Peter Obi wrote to the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party on 24 May to resign his membership.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-06-08 |title=PDP, Peter Obi and the corrupt system |url=https://guardian.ng/opinion/pdp-peter-obi-and-the-corrupt-system/ |access-date=2022-06-10 |website=The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News |language=en-US}}</ref> Obi reportedly complained of massive bribing of delegates and vote buying at party's presidential primary, citing the existence of a party clique collaborating against him.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://gazettengr.com/exclusive-peter-obi-dumps-pdp-pulls-out-of-presidential-primaries/ |title =EXCLUSIVE: Peter Obi dumps PDP, pulls out of presidential primaries |date=2022-05-25 |last=Akintade|first=Adefemola |newspaper=Peoples Gazette}}</ref>

Younger generations under 30 proved to be some of the biggest Obi's supporters, showing their support via social media and protests and street marches.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-61865502 | title=Peter Obi: The Labour Party candidate electrifying young Nigerians | date=5 July 2022 | publisher =BBC News |access-date=2022-07-05 }}</ref> Obi's business background and status as a major candidate not affiliated with either of Nigeria's two main parties has drawn comparisons with [[Emmanuel Macron]]'s successful [[2017 French presidential election|2017 French presidential candidacy]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-06-20 |title=Like France's Macron, How The Peter Obi Wave Can Sweep Labour Party To Power In Nigeria, Retiring PDP/APC {{!}} The Oasis Reporters |url=https://www.theoasisreporters.com/like-frances-macron-how-the-peter-obi-wave-can-sweep-labour-party-to-power-in-nigeria-retiring-pdp-apc/ |access-date=2022-07-30 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Rapheal |date=2022-06-26 |title=Peter Obi and Macron magic |url=https://www.sunnewsonline.com/peter-obi-and-macron-magic/ |access-date=2022-07-30 |website=The Sun Nigeria |language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=The Macron Like Revolution That Might Make Peter Obi President, By Onwuasoanya FCC Jones |url=https://emporiumreporters.com.ng/the-macron-like-revolution-that-might-make-peter-obi-president-by-onwuasoanya-fcc-jones/ |access-date=2022-07-30 |website=Emporium Reporters |language=en-US}}</ref> Obi has expressed admiration for Macron and was among the officials who received Macron during his visit to Lagos.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2018-07-05 |title=Peter Obi: President Macron's Visit Is A Good Omen |url=https://newsrangers.com/peter-obi-president-macrons-visit-is-a-good-omen/ |access-date=2022-07-30 |website= |language=en-US}}</ref>

On 8 July 2022, Obi unveiled his running mate, [[Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed|Senator Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed]]. Speaking on his choice of the vice presidential candidate, he stated as follows: “This is our right to secure, unite and make Nigeria productive. And you can do that without having people who have similar visions, ideas and are prepared for the task. So, I have the honour today to present to you, God willing, Nigeria’s next vice president in the person of Senator Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed.”<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.sunnewsonline.com/peter-obi-announces-datti-baba-ahmed-as-running-mate/ | title=Peter Obi announces Datti Baba-Ahmed as running mate | date=8 July 2022 }}</ref>

==Awards and honors==
These are some of the notable awards of Peter Obi<ref>{{cite web |last1=Admin |title=Peter Obi: A complete profile |url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/10/peter-obi-a-complete-profile/ |website=Vanguard |date=13 October 2018 |access-date=15 February 2019}}</ref><ref name="Peter Obi's biography and career">{{cite web |last1=Faleae |first1=Vivian |title=Peter Obi's biography and career |url=https://www.legit.ng/1189429-peter-obis-biography-career.html |website=Legit.ng |date=3 September 2018 |access-date=15 February 2019}}</ref>

* Man of the year award (2022)https://www.vanguardngr.com/2022/08/peter-obi-emerges-2022-man-of-the-year/
* Sun Newspaper's Man of the Year (2007)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rapheal |date=2022-07-19 |title=Peter Obi: 61 years on a solid rock |url=https://www.sunnewsonline.com/peter-obi-61-years-on-a-solid-rock/ |access-date=2022-08-06 |website=The Sun Nigeria |language=en-us}}</ref>
* [[This Day]] Newspaper's Most Prudent Governor in Nigeria (2009)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Times |first=Premium |date=2022-06-18 |title=Peter Obi, the Obi-dient army and the audacity of hope, By Osmund Agbo |url=https://www.premiumtimesng.com/opinion/537635-peter-obi-the-obi-dient-army-and-the-audacity-of-hope-by-osmund-agbo.html |access-date=2022-08-06 |website=Premium Times Nigeria |language=en-GB}}</ref>
* [[This Day]]'s Governor of the Decade (2020)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-01-26 |title=Peter Obi as Governor of the Decade |url=https://www.sunnewsonline.com/peter-obi-as-governor-of-the-decade/ |access-date=2022-06-10 |website=The Sun Nigeria |language=en-US}}</ref>
* Champion Newspaper's Nigeria's Most Trustworthy Governor (2009)
* West Africa ICT Development Award for Governor of the Year (2010)
* Zik Leadership Prize (2011){{Citation needed|date=August 2022}}
* [[Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation]]'s Best Performing Governor on Immunization in South-East [[Nigeria]] (2012)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Polio Eradication: Bill Gates' Foundation Names Obi Best Governor In Nigeria {{!}} Channels Television |url=https://www.channelstv.com/2013/07/06/polio-eradication-bill-gates-foundation-names-obi-best-governor-in-nigeria/amp/?fbclid=IwAR2ra0AEx5MtJLHycvTnZYC1fc_LejbRDJLcV6WLUC2TwRjypfaNEgy-2ME |access-date=2022-06-10 |website=www.channelstv.com}}</ref>
* Ezeife Leadership Foundation's Leadership and Good Governance Award (2012)
* [[Methodist Church of Nigeria]]'s Golden Award on Prudence (2012); Business Hallmark Newspaper's Man of the Year (2012)
* [[Silverbird Group|Silverbird]]'s Man of the Year (2013)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-10-13 |title=Peter Obi: A complete profile |url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/10/peter-obi-a-complete-profile/ |access-date=2022-06-10 |website=Vanguard News |language=en-GB}}</ref>
* The Voice Newspaper's Award for Outstanding Example in Leadership and Governance (2014)
* Champion Newspaper's Most Outstanding Igbo Man of the Decade (2014)
* Distinguished Alumnus Award - Lagos Business School Alumni Association (LBSAA) (2014)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.lbs.edu.ng/lbsaa-honours-obi-others-at-presidents-dinner/ | title=LBSAA honours Obi, Others at President's Dinner - Lagos Business School | date=9 June 2014 }}</ref>
* [[Nigerian Library Association]]'s Golden Merit Award (2014)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Peter Obi bags Golden Merit Award •Why we honoured him —Nigerian Library Association |url=https://newsexpressngr.com/news/6367-Peter-Obi-bags-Golden-Merit-Award-Why-we-honoured-him-Nigerian-Library-Association |access-date=2022-08-06 |website=News Express Nigeria Website |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Order of St. Sylvester|Pontifical Equestrian Order of Saint Sylvester]] Pope and Martyr (2014)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-12-21 |title=My Papal knighthood exceptional —Obi |url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/12/papal-knighthood-exceptional-obi/ |access-date=2022-06-04 |website=Vanguard News |language=en-GB}}</ref>
* [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Onitsha|Catholic Diocese of Onitsha's]] Golden Jubilee Award (2015)

==Pandora Papers revelations==
{{See also|Pandora Papers}}
The result of the [[Pandora Papers]] leaks, the [[Premium Times]] reported on Obi's involvement in offshore companies in tax havens such as the [[British Virgin Islands]] and [[Barbados]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-10-12 |title=Pandora Papers: I don't own more than $15m in offshore account –Peter Obi |url=https://www.sunnewsonline.com/pandora-papers-i-dont-own-more-than-15m-in-offshore-account-peter-obi/ |access-date=2022-03-01 |website=The Sun Nigeria |language=en-US}}</ref> Obi appeared to have made shell companies in the 1990s with the [[Barbados]]-based Beauchamp Investments Limited and [[United Kingdom|UK]]-based Next International (UK) Limited being tied back to Obi and his family.<ref name="premiumTimes">{{cite web |last1=Adebayo |first1=Taiwo-Hassan |title=Pandora Papers: Inside Peter Obi's secret businesses — and how he broke the law |url=https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/487997-pandora-papers-inside-peter-obis-secret-businesses-and-how-he-broke-the-law.html |website=[[Premium Times]] |date=4 October 2021 |access-date=5 October 2021}}</ref> This was before he held any political office in Nigeria.
Further reporting showed that in 2010 as well, Obi had Access International help him set up and manage Gabriella Investments Limited, a company in the [[British Virgin Islands]] named after Obi's daughter. One of the directors was also the director of a [[Belize]]-based shell company that was issued 50,000 shares in Gabriella Investments.
In 2017, Obi reorganized the company under the name PMGG Investments Limited and created a trust named The Gabriella Settlement which became the sole shareholder in PMGG Investments Limited. Obi was not holding any political position at this time.

According to the Premium Times report which claimed that Obi had broken several laws due to his business dealings. The report claimed that firstly, Obi remained as director of Next International (UK) Limited while serving as Governor of [[Anambra State]], which is in direct violation of Code of Conduct Bureau and Tribunal Act. However Obi described that claim to be misleading and wrong in an interview with [[Arise News]] stating that he resigned from all companies before taking the office of Governor of Anambra State.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.arise.tv/peter-obi-i-resigned-from-11-companies-when-i-became-governor/ | title=Peter Obi: I Resigned from 11 Companies when I Became Governor | date=11 October 2021 }}</ref> Secondly, it claimed that Obi's non-declaration of his offshore companies broke the [[Nigerian Constitution]]'s provision that require public officers to declare all their properties, assets, and liabilities. Lastly, both the Constitution and the [[Code of conduct|Code of Conduct]] Bureau and Tribunal Act outlaw a public officer from holding a bank account outside Nigeria and the leaks made it clear that Obi maintained his foreign accounts while serving as Governor.<ref name="premiumTimes" />

After the revelations, civil society groups pushed for investigations into Obi as reporters queried the EFCC on if the commission would start investigating Obi.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Alechenu |first1=John |last2=Olokor |first2=Friday |last3=Adepegba |first3=Adelani |title=CSOs berate FG, VIPs as Pandora papers implicate Peter Obi, nine others |url=https://punchng.com/csos-berate-fg-vips-as-pandora-papers-implicate-peter-obi-nine-others/ |website=[[The Punch]] |date=5 October 2021 |access-date=5 October 2021}}</ref> A few days after the report, Obi responded by claiming that he did not break any laws and clarified that the accounts' money was accrued from his time as a businessman. The EFCC invited him for questioning later in October 2021 after Buhari directed all anti-corruption agencies to investigate those named in the leaks.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Abdulsalam |first1=Hassan |title=PANDORA PAPERS: Peter Obi reacts, tries to mislead Nigerians |url=https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/488797-pandora-papers-peter-obi-reacts-tries-to-mislead-nigerians.html |website=[[Premium Times]] |date=7 October 2021 |access-date=8 October 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://punchng.com/pandora-papers-how-i-made-money-peter-obi/ |title=Pandora Papers: How I made money —Peter Obi |first=Segun |last=Adewole |date=11 October 2021 |website=[[The Punch]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Adebayo |first1=Taiwo-Hassan |title=Pandora Papers: EFCC summons Peter Obi |url=https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/490191-pandora-papers-efcc-summons-peter-obi.html |website=[[Premium Times]] |date=17 October 2021 |access-date=18 October 2021}}</ref> However, no criminal case has ever been filed against Obi.

==Personal life==
Peter Obi married Margaret Brownson Obi (née Usen) in 1992. They have two children – a male and a female. Obi is a [[Catholic]]<ref name="Peter Obi's biography and career"/> of [[Igbo people|Igbo]] descent.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Okutu |first1=Peter |title=2023: Any person that 'll not vote Peter Obi is no genuine Igbo man — Eze |url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2022/06/2023-any-person-that-ll-not-vote-peter-obi-is-not-genuine-igbo-man-eze/ |website=Vanguard |date=11 June 2022 |publisher=Vanguard Media Limited |access-date=15 June 2022}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[List of governors of Anambra State]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{AnambraStateGovernors}}
{{Nigerian state governors 2003-2007 term}}
{{Nigerian state governors 2007-2011 term}}
{{Nigerian state governors 2011-2015 term}}

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{{short description|Nigerian politician}}
{{Use Nigerian English|date=October 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2021}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Peter Obi
| image = Peter Obi2.jpg
| honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|country=NG|CON}}
| caption =
| office = [[Governor of Anambra State]]
| president =
| term_start = 14 June 2007
| term_end = 17 March 2014
| predecessor = [[Andy Uba]]
| successor = [[Willie Obiano]]
| office1 =
| term_start1 = 9 February 2007
| term_end1 = 29 May 2007
| predecessor1 = [[Virginia Etiaba]]
| successor1 = [[Andy Uba]]
| term_start2 =
| term_end2 =
| predecessor2 =
| successor2 =
| term_start3 = 17 March 2006
| term_end3 = 2 November 2006
| predecessor3 = [[Chris Ngige]]
| successor3 = [[Virginia Etiaba]]
| birth_name = Peter Gregory Obi
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1961|7|19|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Onitsha]], [[Anambra State]], [[Nigeria]]
| death_date =
| death_place =
| party = [[Labour Party (Nigeria)|Labour Party]]
| otherparty = [[All Progressives Grand Alliance]] (2002–2014)<br> [[People's Democratic Party (Nigeria)|People's Democratic Party]] (before 2002; 2014–2022)
| spouse = Margaret Browson Usen
| children = 2
| alma_mater = {{plainlist|
*[[Christ the King College, Onitsha]]
*[[University of Nigeria, Nsukka]] {{small|([[Bachelor of Arts|B.A]])}}
*[[Lagos Business School]]
*[[Harvard Business School]]
*[[London School of Economics]]
*[[Columbia Business School]]
*[[Institute for Management Development]]
}}
| website = {{url|peterobi.org|Official website}}
| occupation = {{plainlist|
*Politician
*Businessman
*Banker
}}
}}
'''Peter Gregory Obi''' {{post-nominals|country=NG|CON}} (born 19 July 1961) is a Nigerian businessman and politician who served as [[Governor of Anambra State|Governor of Anambra]] from March to November 2006, February to May 2007, and from June 2007 to March 2014. In May 2022, he became the [[Labour Party (Nigeria)|Labour Party]] nominee for [[President of Nigeria]] in the [[2023 Nigerian presidential election|2023 presidential election]].<ref>{{cite web |title=2023: Obi picks LP presidential ticket |url=https://guardian.ng/news/2023-obi-picks-lp-presidential-ticket/ |website=[[The Guardian (Nigeria)|The Guardian]] |date=30 May 2022 |publisher=[[News Agency of Nigeria]] |access-date=18 June 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Channel TV |date=10 June 2022 |title=2023: Peter Obi Gets Certificate Of Return As Labour Party Presidential Candidate |work=Channels Television |url=https://www.channelstv.com/2022/06/10/2023-peter-obi-gets-certificate-of-return-as-labour-party-presidential-candidate/ |access-date=27 June 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Adenekan |first=Samson |date=30 May 2022 |title=UPDATED: Peter Obi emerges Labour Party presidential candidate |work=Premium Times NG |url=https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/533601-updated-peter-obi-emerges-labour-party-presidential-candidate.html |access-date=27 June 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Akpan |first=Samuel |date=9 June 2022 |title=INEC: Peter Obi is recognised presidential candidate for Labour Party |work=The Cable |url=https://www.thecable.ng/inec-peter-obi-is-recognised-presidential-candidate-for-labour-party |access-date=27 June 2022}}</ref>

Born in [[Onitsha]] in 1961, Obi graduated from the [[University of Nigeria]] in 1984. Afterwards he entered business and banking, eventually rising to hold several high-ranking executive positions at banks. By the early 2000s, Obi was the chairman of [[Fidelity Bank Nigeria|Fidelity Bank]] before leaving the position to enter politics. Obi [[2003 Anambra State gubernatorial election|ran for governor in 2003]], as a member of the [[All Progressives Grand Alliance]] but his main opponent was unlawfully declared victor. After three years of legal battles, Obi was declared winner in 2006 and assumed office in March, 2006. He was then impeached that November before the impeachment was overturned and he returned to office in February 2007. Again, Obi was removed when [[2007 Anambra State gubernatorial election|a new election]] was held in April 2007 but the judiciary intervened again and ruled that he should be allowed to complete a full four-year term. In 2010, he [[2010 Anambra State gubernatorial election|won re-election]] to a second term.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Benson, Edike, Ujumadu & Ezema |first=Dayo, Tony, Vincent & James |date=7 February 2010 |title=INEC declares Obi winner |work=Vanguard |url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2010/02/inec-declares-obi-winner/ |access-date=27 June 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Sahara Reporters |date=6 February 2010 |title=Governor Peter Obi declared winner of Anambra polls |work=Sahara Reporters |url=https://saharareporters.com/2010/02/06/governor-peter-obi-declared-winner-anambra-polls |access-date=27 June 2022}}</ref> Obi's terms were marked by improvements in state finances, education, and healthcare.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2017/02/09/obiano-obi-did-magic-in-healthcare-delivery-in-anambra/amp/ | title=Obiano: Obi Did Magic in Healthcare Delivery in Anambra – THISDAYLIVE }}</ref>

After leaving office in 2014, Obi gained new status as an advocate for good governance and national political figure after decamping to the [[Peoples Democratic Party (Nigeria)|Peoples Democratic Party]] in 2014.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ujumadu & Okonkwo |first=Vincent & Nwabueze |date=8 October 2014 |title=Ex-Anambra gov, Obi decamps to PDP |work=Vanguard |url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/10/ex-anambra-gov-obi-decamps-pdp/ |access-date=27 June 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Premium Times |date=7 October 2014 |title=Finally, Ex-Gov. Peter Obi dumps APGA for PDP |work=Premium Times |url=https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/169175-finally-ex-gov-peter-obi-dumps-apga-for-pdp.html |access-date=27 June 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Channels TV |date=7 October 2014 |title=Former Anambra Governor Peter Obi Joins PDP |work=Channels Television |url=https://www.channelstv.com/2014/10/07/former-anambra-governor-peter-obi-joins-pdp/}}</ref> In 2019, he was selected as the vice presidential nominee in the [[2019 Nigerian general election|presidential election]] running alongside [[Atiku Abubakar]],<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ogundipe |first=Samuel |date=12 October 2018 |title=It's Official: Atiku names Peter Obi as running mate |work=Premium Times |url=https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/290113-its-official-atiku-names-peter-obi-as-running-mate.html |access-date=27 June 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Fabiyi, Adepegba and Okafor |first=Olusola, Adelani and Tony |date=13 October 2018 |title=2019: Atiku picks Peter Obi as running mate |work=Punch |url=https://punchng.com/2019-atiku-picks-peter-obi-as-running-mate/ |access-date=27 June 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Kehinde |first=Opeyemi |date=12 October 2018 |title=2019: Atiku picks Peter Obi as running mate |work=Daily Trust |url=https://dailytrust.com/2019-atiku-picks-peter-obi-as-running-mate |access-date=27 June 2022}}</ref> but lost to incumbent president [[Muhammadu Buhari]] and vice president [[Yemi Osinbajo]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Abdur Rahman Alfa Shaban |date=27 February 2019 |title=Buhari beats Atiku to secure re-election as Nigeria president |work=African News |url=https://www.africanews.com/2019/02/27/buhari-beats-atiku-to-secure-re-election-as-nigeria-president// |access-date=27 June 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Abisola Olasupo, Dennis Erezi, Solomon Fowowe and Timileyin Omilana |date=27 February 2019 |title=Buhari wins 2019 presidential election |work=The Guardian |url=https://guardian.ng/news/buhari-wins-2019-presidential-election/ |access-date=27 June 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Stephanie Busari and Aanu Adeoye |date=27 February 2019 |title=Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari reelected, but opponent rejects results |work=CNN |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2019/02/26/africa/buhari-wins-nigeria-election-intl/index.html |access-date=27 June 2022}}</ref>

In May 2022, Obi became the presidential candidate of the LP in the upcoming 2023 general elections, after defecting from the PDP.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Chinagorom Ugwu |date=24 March 2022 |title=2023: Peter Obi declares for president, vows to create jobs, secure Nigeria |work=Premium Times |url=https://www.premiumtimesng.com/regional/ssouth-east/519426-2023-peter-obi-declares-for-president-vows-to-create-jobs-secure-nigeria.html |access-date=27 June 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Vincent Ufuoma |date=24 March 2022 |title=2023: Peter Obi joins presidential race |url=https://www.icirnigeria.org/2023-peter-obi-joins-presidential-race/ |archive-date=27 June 2022 |website=www.icirnigeria.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=By Nwafor Sunday |date=24 March 2022 |title=Peter Obi declares for 2023 presidential race |work=Vanguard |url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2022/03/breaking-peter-obi-declares-for-2023-presidential-race/ |access-date=27 June 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Alphonsus Agborh |date=30 May 2022 |title=(UPDATE): Peter Obi emerges Labour Party presidential candidate |work=Nigerian Tribune |url=https://tribuneonlineng.com/update-peter-obi-emerges-labour-party-presidential-candidate/ |access-date=27 June 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Channels TV |date=10 June 2022 |title=2023: Peter Obi Gets Certificate Of Return As Labour Party Presidential Candidate |work=Channels Television |url=https://www.channelstv.com/2022/06/10/2023-peter-obi-gets-certificate-of-return-as-labour-party-presidential-candidate/ |access-date=27 June 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Samson Adenekan |date=30 May 2022 |title=UPDATED: Peter Obi emerges Labour Party presidential candidate |work=Premium Times |url=https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/533601-updated-peter-obi-emerges-labour-party-presidential-candidate.html |access-date=27 June 2022}}</ref> Obi's presidential campaign has been described as [[Populism|populist]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Peter Obi shakes up the political class |url=https://www.africa-confidential.com/article-preview/id/14034/Peter_Obi_shakes_up_the_political_class |access-date=2022-07-30 |website=www.africa-confidential.com |language=en}}</ref> and has been noted for its support among many young Nigerians,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Online |first=Tribune |date=2022-07-04 |title=The rise of populism in Nigeria's political landscape |url=https://tribuneonlineng.com/the-rise-of-populism-in-nigerias-political-landscape/ |access-date=2022-07-30 |website=Tribune Online |language=en-GB}}</ref> who have been nicknamed "Obi-dients".<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-07-30 |title='Obidients' hail Peter Obi's massive welcome at Dunamis |url=https://punchng.com/obidients-hail-peter-obis-massive-welcome-at-dunamis/ |access-date=2022-07-30 |website=Punch Newspapers |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-07-20 |title=Is Peter Obi and 'Obidients' really ready? |url=https://dailytrust.com/is-peter-obi-and-obidients-really-ready |access-date=2022-07-30 |website=Daily Trust |language=en}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
Peter Obi was born on 19 July 1961 in [[Onitsha]], [[Anambra State]].<ref name="dailypost.ng">{{cite web| url = http://dailypost.ng/2018/10/12/peter-obi-profile-pdp-vice-presidential-candidate/| title = Peter Obi: Profile of PDP vice presidential candidate - Daily Post Nigeria| date = 12 October 2018}}</ref> He attended [[Christ the King College, Onitsha]], where he completed his secondary school education.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.legit.ng/1189429-peter-obis-biography-career.html|title = Peter Obi: Early years, education, career and family|date = 3 September 2018}}</ref> He was admitted to the [[University of Nigeria]], in 1980, [[Graduation|graduated]] with a B.A. (Hons) in [[philosophy]] in 1984.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Peter Obi: A complete profile|url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/10/peter-obi-a-complete-profile/|date=2018-10-13|website=Vanguard News|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-25}}</ref>

Peter Obi attended [[Lagos Business School]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Home {{!}} Lagos Business School|url=https://www.lbs.edu.ng/|website=Lagos Business School|access-date=2020-05-25}}</ref> where he completed the Chief Executive Program, [[Harvard Business School]], where he completed two major programs, the [[London School of Economics]], [[Columbia Business School]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Columbia Business School MBA Program|url=https://www8.gsb.columbia.edu/programs/mba|last=School|first=Columbia Business|date=2015-07-09|website=Programs|language=en|access-date=2020-05-25}}</ref> and the [[International Institute for Management Development]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=IMD business school for management and leadership courses|url=https://www.imd.org/|website=IMD business school|access-date=2020-05-25}}</ref> where he received certificates in the Senior Executive Program and the Chief Executive Officer Program. He also attended the [[Kellogg School of Management]] of [[Northwestern University]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kellogg School of Management {{!}} Northwestern University|url=https://www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/|website=www.kellogg.northwestern.edu|access-date=2020-05-25}}</ref> [[Saïd Business School]] of [[Oxford University]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Leadership {{!}} Saïd Business School|url=https://www.sbs.ox.ac.uk/|website=www.sbs.ox.ac.uk|language=en|access-date=2020-05-25}}</ref> and the [[Cambridge Judge Business School|Judge Business School]] of [[Cambridge University]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Peter Obi: A complete profile|url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/10/peter-obi-a-complete-profile/|date=2018-10-13|website=Vanguard News|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-29}}</ref>

== Pre-political career ==
Obi was a [[businessman]] before he ventured into politics.<ref>{{cite web |title=Peter Obi's Biography: daughter, wife, net worth
|url=https://www.kemifilani.ng/breaking-news/peter-obis-biography-daughter-wife-net-worth |website=Kemi Filani |date=8 October 2021 |access-date=3 May 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1= Afolabi Blessing |title=Peter Obi Net Worth, Biography, Cars And Houses
|url=https://www.carmart.ng/public/blog/about-peter-obi/ |website= Carmart.ng |date= April 2022 |access-date=3 May 2022}}</ref> According to himself, Obi started his life as a trader, being born into trading family before venturing into the corporate world.
He held leadership positions in some private establishments. Some of the companies he served includes:
Next International Nigeria Ltd, Chairman and Director of Guardian Express Mortgage Bank Ltd, Guardian Express Bank Plc, Future View Securities Ltd, Paymaster Nigeria Ltd, Chams Nigeria Ltd, Data Corp Ltd and Card Centre Ltd. He was the youngest chairman of Fidelity Bank Plc.<ref name="dailypost.ng"/><ref>{{Cite web |last=sunnews |date=2016-10-11 |title=Managing recession: The Duke, Obi examples |url=https://www.sunnewsonline.com/managing-recession-the-duke-obi-examples/ |access-date=2022-08-08 |website=The Sun Nigeria |language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Chuks|first=Chris|date=2009-07-09|title=Meet the Governor|work=PeterObi.org|publisher=Exmark Technologies|url=http://www.peterobi.org/mandateCVPeter.php|url-status=dead|access-date=2009-12-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100313190939/http://peterobi.org/mandateCVPeter.php|archive-date=2010-03-13}}</ref>

== Political career ==
===First term===
Peter Obi contested in the Anambra State Governorship [[Election]] as a candidate for the [[All Progressives Grand Alliance]] (APGA) party in 2003, but his opponent, [[Chris Ngige]] of the [[People's Democratic Party (Nigeria)|People's Democratic Party]], was declared winner by the [[Independent National Electoral Commission]] (INEC).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Peter Obi V. Independent National Electoral Commission & Ors (S.C. 123/2007 ) [2007] NGSC 180 (13 July 2007); {{!}} Nigeria Legal Information Institute|url=https://nigerialii.org/ng/judgment/supreme-court/2007/180|website=nigerialii.org|access-date=2020-05-28}}</ref>

After nearly three years of litigation, [[Chris Ngige|Ngige's]] victory was overturned by the [[Court of Appeal]] on 15 March 2006.
Obi took office for on 17 March 2006. On 2 November 2006, he was impeached by the state house of assembly after seven months in office and was replaced the next day by [[Virginia Etiaba]], his deputy, making her the first-ever female governor in Nigeria's history.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Vanguard |date=29 May 2018 |title=Obi impeached for refusing to inflate Anambra budget —Presidency |work=Vanguard |url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/05/obi-impeached-refusing-inflate-anambra-budget-presidency/ |access-date=27 June 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Ijeoma Ezekwere |date=3 November 2006 |title=Nigeria's Anambra replaces impeached governor |work=Mail & Guardian |url=https://mg.co.za/article/2006-11-03-nigerias-anambra-replaces-impeached-governor/ |access-date=27 June 2022}}</ref>
Obi successfully challenged his impeachment and was re-instated as the governor on 9 February 2007 by the [[Court of Appeal]] sitting in Enugu. Etiaba handed power back to him after the court ruling.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://allafrica.com/stories/201002160222.html
|title=Peter Obi - The Making of an Enigma
|work=[[Daily Champion]]
|author=Etaghene Edirin
|date=14 February 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Sahara reporters |date=8 February 2007 |title=Peter Obi wins, he takes over! |work=Sahara Reporters |url=https://saharareporters.com/2007/02/08/peter-obi-wins-he-takes-over |access-date=27 June 2022}}</ref>

Peter Obi once again left office on 29 May 2007 following the General Elections, in which [[Andy Uba]] was declared the winner by the electoral body.
Obi returned to the courts once more, this time contending that the four-year tenure he had won in the 2003 elections only started to run when he took office in March 2006. On 14 June 2007 the [[Supreme Court of Nigeria]] upheld Obi's contention and returned Obi to office. This brought to an abrupt end the tenure of Obi's successor, [[Andy Uba]] whose 14 April 2007 election the [[Supreme Court of Nigeria|Supreme Court]] nullified on the grounds that Obi's four-year tenure should have remained undisturbed until March 2010.<ref>
{{cite news |first=Camillus |last=Eboh |title=Close Obasanjo ally loses governor's seat in Nigeria |url=http://africa.reuters.com/wire/news/usnL14239133.html |work=Africa.Reuters.com |publisher=Reuters |date=2007-06-14 |access-date=2008-01-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071221064311/http://africa.reuters.com/wire/news/usnL14239133.html |archive-date=2007-12-21 |url-status=dead }}
</ref>

===Second term===

On 7 February 2010, the [[Independent National Electoral Commission]] (INEC) declared Peter Obi the winner of the [[2010 Anambra State gubernatorial election|2010 Anambra State Gubernatorial election]], where he defeated [[Charles Chukwuma Soludo|Professor Charles Chukwuma Soludo]], former governor, [[Central Bank of Nigeria|CBN]]. This election victory gave Governor Obi an additional four years as the governor of Anambra State.<ref name=day947>{{cite web |url=http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=165947
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100212105816/http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=165947 |archive-date=12 February 2010
|url-status=dead|title=Obi Re-elected Anambra State Governor...(UPDATED)|date=2 July 2010 |publisher=ThisDay |access-date=2 June 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Dayo Benson, Tony Edike, Vincent Ujumadu & James Ezema |date=7 February 2010 |title=INEC declares Obi winner |work=Vanguard |url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2010/02/inec-declares-obi-winner/ |access-date=27 June 2022}}</ref>
On 17 March 2014 Peter Obi served out his second term and handed over the governorship to [[Willie Obiano]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Obiano sworn-in as Anambra Governor - Premium Times Nigeria|url=https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/156902-obiano-sworn-anambra-governor.html|date=2014-03-17|language=en-GB|access-date=2020-05-28}}</ref>

After the 2015 [[General election|General Election]], President [[Goodluck Jonathan]] appointed Peter Obi as the chairman of the [[Nigerian Security and Exchange Commission]] (SEC).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Jonathan appoints Peter Obi chairman of SEC|url=https://guardian.ng/news/jonathan-appoints-peter-obi-chairman-of-sec/|last=Olajide|first=Bukky|date=2015|website=The Guardian}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Vanguard |date=27 April 2015 |title=Jonathan appoints Peter Obi as Chairman of SEC |work=Vanguard |url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/04/jonathan-appoints-peter-obi-as-chairman-of-sec/ |access-date=27 June 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=PM News |date=27 April 2015 |title=Why Jonathan appointed Peter Obi SEC chairman |work=PM News Nigeria |url=https://pmnewsnigeria.com/2015/04/27/why-jonathan-appointed-peter-obi-sec-chairman/ |access-date=27 June 2022}}</ref>

===2019 presidential elections===
On 12 October 2018, Peter Obi was named as the running mate to [[Atiku Abubakar]], the [[People's Democratic Party (Nigeria)|Peoples Democratic Party's]] Presidential Candidate in the Nigerian 2019 Presidential elections. As a candidate for Vice President, Obi opposed proposals for a standardized national minimum wage, arguing that different states should have different minimum wages.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-01-03 |title=Minimum wage: States should determine what they pay their workers - Peter Obi |url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/01/minimum-wage-states-should-determine-what-they-pay-their-workers-peter-obi/ |access-date=2022-07-30 |website=Vanguard News |language=en-GB}}</ref> The Abubakar/Obi ticket came second.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/10/breaking-atiku-picks-peter-obi-as-running-mate/amp/| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181013003221/https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/10/breaking-atiku-picks-peter-obi-as-running-mate/amp/| archive-date = 2018-10-13| title = Breaking: Atiku picks Peter Obi as running mate - Vanguard News}}</ref>

===2023 presidential elections===
{{Main|2023 Nigerian presidential election}}
On 24 March 2022, Peter Obi declared his intention to run for the position of President of Nigeria under the platform of the [[People's Democratic Party (Nigeria)|Peoples Democratic Party]], but later pulled out and announced he would be running under the [[Labour Party (Nigeria)|Labour Party]] platform instead.<ref>{{Cite news|title=2023 - Peter Obi declares for president, vows to create jobs, secure Nigeria|url=https://www.premiumtimesng.com/regional/ssouth-east/519426-2023-peter-obi-declares-for-president-vows-to-create-jobs-secure-nigeria.html|date=2022-03-24|language=en-GB|access-date=2022-05-07}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Peter Obi resigns from PDP: Former Anambra state govnor tok why e withdraw from di Peoples Democratic Party presidential primaries |url=https://www.bbc.com/pidgin/tori-61586581 |newspaper=BBC News Pidgin |publisher=BBC |access-date=15 June 2022}}</ref> According to the [[Peoples Gazette|''Peoples Gazette'']], Peter Obi wrote to the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party on 24 May to resign his membership.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-06-08 |title=PDP, Peter Obi and the corrupt system |url=https://guardian.ng/opinion/pdp-peter-obi-and-the-corrupt-system/ |access-date=2022-06-10 |website=The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News |language=en-US}}</ref> Obi reportedly complained of massive bribing of delegates and vote buying at party's presidential primary, citing the existence of a party clique collaborating against him.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://gazettengr.com/exclusive-peter-obi-dumps-pdp-pulls-out-of-presidential-primaries/ |title =EXCLUSIVE: Peter Obi dumps PDP, pulls out of presidential primaries |date=2022-05-25 |last=Akintade|first=Adefemola |newspaper=Peoples Gazette}}</ref>

Younger generations under 30 proved to be some of the biggest Obi's supporters, showing their support via social media and protests and street marches.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-61865502 | title=Peter Obi: The Labour Party candidate electrifying young Nigerians | date=5 July 2022 | publisher =BBC News |access-date=2022-07-05 }}</ref> Obi's business background and status as a major candidate not affiliated with either of Nigeria's two main parties has drawn comparisons with [[Emmanuel Macron]]'s successful [[2017 French presidential election|2017 French presidential candidacy]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-06-20 |title=Like France's Macron, How The Peter Obi Wave Can Sweep Labour Party To Power In Nigeria, Retiring PDP/APC {{!}} The Oasis Reporters |url=https://www.theoasisreporters.com/like-frances-macron-how-the-peter-obi-wave-can-sweep-labour-party-to-power-in-nigeria-retiring-pdp-apc/ |access-date=2022-07-30 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Rapheal |date=2022-06-26 |title=Peter Obi and Macron magic |url=https://www.sunnewsonline.com/peter-obi-and-macron-magic/ |access-date=2022-07-30 |website=The Sun Nigeria |language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=The Macron Like Revolution That Might Make Peter Obi President, By Onwuasoanya FCC Jones |url=https://emporiumreporters.com.ng/the-macron-like-revolution-that-might-make-peter-obi-president-by-onwuasoanya-fcc-jones/ |access-date=2022-07-30 |website=Emporium Reporters |language=en-US}}</ref> Obi has expressed admiration for Macron and was among the officials who received Macron during his visit to Lagos.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2018-07-05 |title=Peter Obi: President Macron's Visit Is A Good Omen |url=https://newsrangers.com/peter-obi-president-macrons-visit-is-a-good-omen/ |access-date=2022-07-30 |website= |language=en-US}}</ref>

On 8 July 2022, Obi unveiled his running mate, [[Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed|Senator Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed]]. Speaking on his choice of the vice presidential candidate, he stated as follows: “This is our right to secure, unite and make Nigeria productive. And you can do that without having people who have similar visions, ideas and are prepared for the task. So, I have the honour today to present to you, God willing, Nigeria’s next vice president in the person of Senator Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed.”<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.sunnewsonline.com/peter-obi-announces-datti-baba-ahmed-as-running-mate/ | title=Peter Obi announces Datti Baba-Ahmed as running mate | date=8 July 2022 }}</ref>

==Awards and honors==
These are some of the notable awards of Peter Obi<ref>{{cite web |last1=Admin |title=Peter Obi: A complete profile |url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/10/peter-obi-a-complete-profile/ |website=Vanguard |date=13 October 2018 |access-date=15 February 2019}}</ref><ref name="Peter Obi's biography and career">{{cite web |last1=Faleae |first1=Vivian |title=Peter Obi's biography and career |url=https://www.legit.ng/1189429-peter-obis-biography-career.html |website=Legit.ng |date=3 September 2018 |access-date=15 February 2019}}</ref>

* Man of the year award (2022)https://www.vanguardngr.com/2022/08/peter-obi-emerges-2022-man-of-the-year/
* Sun Newspaper's Man of the Year (2007)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rapheal |date=2022-07-19 |title=Peter Obi: 61 years on a solid rock |url=https://www.sunnewsonline.com/peter-obi-61-years-on-a-solid-rock/ |access-date=2022-08-06 |website=The Sun Nigeria |language=en-us}}</ref>
* [[This Day]] Newspaper's Most Prudent Governor in Nigeria (2009)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Times |first=Premium |date=2022-06-18 |title=Peter Obi, the Obi-dient army and the audacity of hope, By Osmund Agbo |url=https://www.premiumtimesng.com/opinion/537635-peter-obi-the-obi-dient-army-and-the-audacity-of-hope-by-osmund-agbo.html |access-date=2022-08-06 |website=Premium Times Nigeria |language=en-GB}}</ref>
* [[This Day]]'s Governor of the Decade (2020)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-01-26 |title=Peter Obi as Governor of the Decade |url=https://www.sunnewsonline.com/peter-obi-as-governor-of-the-decade/ |access-date=2022-06-10 |website=The Sun Nigeria |language=en-US}}</ref>
* Champion Newspaper's Nigeria's Most Trustworthy Governor (2009)
* West Africa ICT Development Award for Governor of the Year (2010)
* Zik Leadership Prize (2011)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Staff |first=Daily Post |date=2012-03-19 |title=Mimiko, Obi, Shema Win Zik Prize for Good Governance Award |url=https://dailypost.ng/2012/03/19/mimiko-obi-shema-win-zik-prize-for-good-governance-award/ |access-date=2022-08-09 |website=Daily Post Nigeria |language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation]]'s Best Performing Governor on Immunization in South-East [[Nigeria]] (2012)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Polio Eradication: Bill Gates' Foundation Names Obi Best Governor In Nigeria {{!}} Channels Television |url=https://www.channelstv.com/2013/07/06/polio-eradication-bill-gates-foundation-names-obi-best-governor-in-nigeria/amp/?fbclid=IwAR2ra0AEx5MtJLHycvTnZYC1fc_LejbRDJLcV6WLUC2TwRjypfaNEgy-2ME |access-date=2022-06-10 |website=www.channelstv.com}}</ref>
* Ezeife Leadership Foundation's Leadership and Good Governance Award (2012)
* [[Methodist Church of Nigeria]]'s Golden Award on Prudence (2012); Business Hallmark Newspaper's Man of the Year (2012)
* [[Silverbird Group|Silverbird]]'s Man of the Year (2013)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-10-13 |title=Peter Obi: A complete profile |url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/10/peter-obi-a-complete-profile/ |access-date=2022-06-10 |website=Vanguard News |language=en-GB}}</ref>
* The Voice Newspaper's Award for Outstanding Example in Leadership and Governance (2014)
* Champion Newspaper's Most Outstanding Igbo Man of the Decade (2014)
* Distinguished Alumnus Award - Lagos Business School Alumni Association (LBSAA) (2014)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.lbs.edu.ng/lbsaa-honours-obi-others-at-presidents-dinner/ | title=LBSAA honours Obi, Others at President's Dinner - Lagos Business School | date=9 June 2014 }}</ref>
* [[Nigerian Library Association]]'s Golden Merit Award (2014)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Peter Obi bags Golden Merit Award •Why we honoured him —Nigerian Library Association |url=https://newsexpressngr.com/news/6367-Peter-Obi-bags-Golden-Merit-Award-Why-we-honoured-him-Nigerian-Library-Association |access-date=2022-08-06 |website=News Express Nigeria Website |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Order of St. Sylvester|Pontifical Equestrian Order of Saint Sylvester]] Pope and Martyr (2014)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-12-21 |title=My Papal knighthood exceptional —Obi |url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/12/papal-knighthood-exceptional-obi/ |access-date=2022-06-04 |website=Vanguard News |language=en-GB}}</ref>
* [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Onitsha|Catholic Diocese of Onitsha's]] Golden Jubilee Award (2015)

==Pandora Papers revelations==
{{See also|Pandora Papers}}
The result of the [[Pandora Papers]] leaks, the [[Premium Times]] reported on Obi's involvement in offshore companies in tax havens such as the [[British Virgin Islands]] and [[Barbados]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-10-12 |title=Pandora Papers: I don't own more than $15m in offshore account –Peter Obi |url=https://www.sunnewsonline.com/pandora-papers-i-dont-own-more-than-15m-in-offshore-account-peter-obi/ |access-date=2022-03-01 |website=The Sun Nigeria |language=en-US}}</ref> Obi appeared to have made shell companies in the 1990s with the [[Barbados]]-based Beauchamp Investments Limited and [[United Kingdom|UK]]-based Next International (UK) Limited being tied back to Obi and his family.<ref name="premiumTimes">{{cite web |last1=Adebayo |first1=Taiwo-Hassan |title=Pandora Papers: Inside Peter Obi's secret businesses — and how he broke the law |url=https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/487997-pandora-papers-inside-peter-obis-secret-businesses-and-how-he-broke-the-law.html |website=[[Premium Times]] |date=4 October 2021 |access-date=5 October 2021}}</ref> This was before he held any political office in Nigeria.
Further reporting showed that in 2010 as well, Obi had Access International help him set up and manage Gabriella Investments Limited, a company in the [[British Virgin Islands]] named after Obi's daughter. One of the directors was also the director of a [[Belize]]-based shell company that was issued 50,000 shares in Gabriella Investments.
In 2017, Obi reorganized the company under the name PMGG Investments Limited and created a trust named The Gabriella Settlement which became the sole shareholder in PMGG Investments Limited. Obi was not holding any political position at this time.

According to the Premium Times report which claimed that Obi had broken several laws due to his business dealings. The report claimed that firstly, Obi remained as director of Next International (UK) Limited while serving as Governor of [[Anambra State]], which is in direct violation of Code of Conduct Bureau and Tribunal Act. However Obi described that claim to be misleading and wrong in an interview with [[Arise News]] stating that he resigned from all companies before taking the office of Governor of Anambra State.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.arise.tv/peter-obi-i-resigned-from-11-companies-when-i-became-governor/ | title=Peter Obi: I Resigned from 11 Companies when I Became Governor | date=11 October 2021 }}</ref> Secondly, it claimed that Obi's non-declaration of his offshore companies broke the [[Nigerian Constitution]]'s provision that require public officers to declare all their properties, assets, and liabilities. Lastly, both the Constitution and the [[Code of conduct|Code of Conduct]] Bureau and Tribunal Act outlaw a public officer from holding a bank account outside Nigeria and the leaks made it clear that Obi maintained his foreign accounts while serving as Governor.<ref name="premiumTimes" />

After the revelations, civil society groups pushed for investigations into Obi as reporters queried the EFCC on if the commission would start investigating Obi.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Alechenu |first1=John |last2=Olokor |first2=Friday |last3=Adepegba |first3=Adelani |title=CSOs berate FG, VIPs as Pandora papers implicate Peter Obi, nine others |url=https://punchng.com/csos-berate-fg-vips-as-pandora-papers-implicate-peter-obi-nine-others/ |website=[[The Punch]] |date=5 October 2021 |access-date=5 October 2021}}</ref> A few days after the report, Obi responded by claiming that he did not break any laws and clarified that the accounts' money was accrued from his time as a businessman. The EFCC invited him for questioning later in October 2021 after Buhari directed all anti-corruption agencies to investigate those named in the leaks.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Abdulsalam |first1=Hassan |title=PANDORA PAPERS: Peter Obi reacts, tries to mislead Nigerians |url=https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/488797-pandora-papers-peter-obi-reacts-tries-to-mislead-nigerians.html |website=[[Premium Times]] |date=7 October 2021 |access-date=8 October 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://punchng.com/pandora-papers-how-i-made-money-peter-obi/ |title=Pandora Papers: How I made money —Peter Obi |first=Segun |last=Adewole |date=11 October 2021 |website=[[The Punch]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Adebayo |first1=Taiwo-Hassan |title=Pandora Papers: EFCC summons Peter Obi |url=https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/490191-pandora-papers-efcc-summons-peter-obi.html |website=[[Premium Times]] |date=17 October 2021 |access-date=18 October 2021}}</ref> However, no criminal case has ever been filed against Obi.

==Personal life==
Peter Obi married Margaret Brownson Obi (née Usen) in 1992. They have two children – a male and a female. Obi is a [[Catholic]]<ref name="Peter Obi's biography and career"/> of [[Igbo people|Igbo]] descent.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Okutu |first1=Peter |title=2023: Any person that 'll not vote Peter Obi is no genuine Igbo man — Eze |url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2022/06/2023-any-person-that-ll-not-vote-peter-obi-is-not-genuine-igbo-man-eze/ |website=Vanguard |date=11 June 2022 |publisher=Vanguard Media Limited |access-date=15 June 2022}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[List of governors of Anambra State]]

==References==
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