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Group Targets N6bn For Obi’s Presidential Campaign

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4 years ago

April 26, 2022

A campaign group, Peter Obi Support Network, has commenced mobilisation of Nigerians to support the presidential ambition of a former Governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi.

They were to get N1,000 donation from six million supporters across the six geopolitical zones.

The group made this known on Monday at the inauguration of its zonal coordinators in Abuja.

Obi, who was a vice-presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2019 election is now aspiring to be the President through the same party for the 2023 polls.

The Chairman of the Occasion, Sheikh Rufai Al-Siddiq, said, “The Peter Obi Support Network is over six million (in membership) and each (member) will donate not less than N1,000. Many will donate more than that.”

Al-Siddiq, who is from Kogi State where Governor Yahaha Bello is also contesting the presidency on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, said that if the six million members of the POSN donate N1,000 each, the group would have raised N6 billion.

According to him, donations by all members would confirm their acceptance of Obi by Nigerians including Muslims.

He said, “Chance should be given to the candidate from the South-East. It will build good relationship throughout the country and bring unity. Peter Obi is the best person to be president in 2023.”

According to Al-Siddiq, as running mate to the last PDP presidential candidate and former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, Obi made the party to get massive votes especially from the South.

He said that the 2023 general elections should be the time for the South-East to produce the next President, stating that the zone has in Obi, a competent person who governed Anambra with good results to show.

Also, the organization’s Director of Strategy and Mobilisation, Marcel Ngogbehei, who addressed the audience virtually, said Obi would introduce digital governance if elected president.

He said, “We have four main objectives and what we are trying to do is to create a platform that will encourage national unity and cohesion. That platform will also enable citizens to mobilise and collaborate in such a way that they will be able to influence leadership at every level in Nigeria.

“Our position is this; We want to support the Peter Obi candidacy all the way from the primary up to the election and we want to raise funds for him so that he will be able to match, toe-to-toe, with whatever that is coming from the delegates and other aspirants. We have spoken to all our coordinators across the country – six regional coordinators- and we have said we need six million Nigerians to donate at least N1,000 each and that will help make what we want to come true – six million Nigerians, N1,000 each.

“When you divide this across the regions, we expect that one million Nigerians from each of the zones; if they come out and say ‘I want a better country in Nigeria; I want something that will be there for my children; I want something that I can be proud of,’ all we asking you to do is just N1,000. When we did this, we are going to use it to support the Peter Obi candidacy both at the PDP delegates’ election and all the way down.”

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Why We’re Impeaching Fubara — Rivers Assembly

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12 hours ago

January 8, 2026

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The Rivers State House of Assembly has given reasons for the ongoing impeachment proceedings against Governor Siminalayi Fubara.

The Majority Leader of the Assembly, Major Jack, said the decision to impeach the governor and his deputy was based on their alleged persistent violation of the peace agreement brokered by President Bola Tinubu.

Jack made the allegation during plenary on Thursday while presenting the report detailing acts of misconduct against the governor.

According to him, Governor Fubara and his deputy had repeatedly disregarded the resolutions reached during reconciliation efforts aimed at restoring stability in the state.

He accused the two leaders of running the affairs of government without commitment to transparency and good governance.

“The governor and his deputy have continued to act in a manner that undermines democratic principles and accountability,” Jack said.

He further alleged that the peace deals facilitated by President Tinubu were breached on several occasions, including agreements reached during reconciliation meetings held in December 2023 and another in 2025.

Jack insisted that the continued failure of the governor and his deputy to honour the terms of the peace accord necessitated the impeachment process currently before the Assembly.

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‘We’ll Do Everything To Stop It’ – APC Rejects Fubara’s Impeachment

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12 hours ago

January 8, 2026

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The All Progressives Congress, APC, Rivers State chapter, has vehemently rejected the move by the State House of Assembly to impeach Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his deputy.

The Assembly had earlier on Thursday commenced an impeachment process against Fubara over alleged misconduct.

The impeachment notice is expected to be issued to the governor and his deputy in the next seven days.

Reacting, the Rivers APC, in a statement issued by its Publicity Secretary, Darlington Nwauju, rejected the move.

“Our position as at today on this matter is that we solemnly reject the resort to an impeachment process against our governor and his deputy.

“It will be totally untenable for our party to keep quiet when an obvious hangover from strifes that occurred within the PDP are allowed to resurface in our great party,” Darlington said.

He added that the ruling party “will do everything possible to ensure that the Government of Rivers State, which is an APC government, is not destabilized”

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Rivers Crisis: Bad People Won’t Prevail Over Us – Wike

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12 hours ago

January 8, 2026

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The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, says God will not allow “bad people” prevail in Rivers State.

Wike made the statement on Thursday during his ‘thank-you-visit’ to the Bonny Island area of Rivers State.

“I appreciate you because you have shown me love and shown that you are people that can be trusted.

“I have told people that I don’t believe in generalizing, if for example somebody in Bonny disappoints you, you said Bonny people are bad, that’s very wrong.

“There are different kinds of people.There are places you have armed robbers, you have good people who stay there. So you can’t say because someone is bad so everyone there is bad. That’s not it.

“The good people are more in number than the few people who want to rub us black, but God, in His infinite mercy, will not allow evil to prevail over light,” he said.

Wike’s statement is coming after the Rivers State House of Assembly began impeachment proceedings against Governor Siminalayi Fubara.