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Peter Obi Not Identified With Corruption – Wike’s Ex-aide [Video]

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3 years ago

December 3, 2022

A former Senior Special Assistant to Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, Barr. Oraye St. Franklyn has said the standard flagbearer of the Labour Party, Peter Obi has not been identified with any corruption in Nigeria, which makes him the best candidate to govern the country as the next president.

Oraye, an ardent supporter of Obi, said this while speaking in an interview with Politics Hub, a Vanguard Online TV’s political show on Tuesday.

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Defending why Obi is the most preferred politician to lead the country, Oraye, said the former Anambra state governor is competent to address the biting security crises and poor economy confronting Nigeria.

He revealed that Obi promised to also restructure the country which has been the agitation of many Nigerian people, as well as catapulting the country to be a productive economy.

“He is not identified with corruption. Biting issues like dealing with the economy will be dealt with because he has shown over time that he has the competence to address it. He said from his seven government priorities that he also going to be dealing with restructuring the country.

“He’s also going to reform Nigeria to be in front of the industrial revolution. These are the things he has said. These are the things we can hold him to account for. He said he’s going to get more young people involved in governance. He said he’s going to make Nigeria more productive,” Oraye said.

The legal practitioner also said that Nigerians are afraid and disturbed by the current state of the nation, which has left them travelling overseas in search of greener pastures, but Obi has the capacity to solve it as he promised.

He continued, “Today if you look at Nigeria, more people are leaving the country in droves because they are dissatisfied. They are afraid of what Nigeria will turn to. Peter Obi said he will turn brain drain to brain gain.

“These are the things he has said he will do, and these are the things we can hold him accountable for – on corruption, security, Peter Obi says hold me to account, I will deliver. What has he done before? What has he said before?”

“So because he has done it before, we can be certain and can hold him for his words. Did he identify with corruption? Has anybody come out to say Mr Peter Obi has been identified with corruption in Nigeria? It’s a big issue in Nigeria. And to find a public servant who does not have an iota of corruption to identify with is a big issue. You know what I’m talking about,” Oraye added.

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A former Senior Special Assistant to Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State,@OrayeEsq has said the standard flagbearer of the Labour Party, @PeterObi has not been identified with any corruption in Nigeria pic.twitter.com/y7KF5vUP3i

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Dino Melaye Reacts To Malami’s Arraignment For Money Laundering

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4 days ago

December 30, 2025

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Ex-Kogi West senator, Dino Melaye, has reacted to the arraignment of a former Attorney General of the Federation, AGF, Abubakar Malami, before an Abuja Federal High Court.

Melaye wished Malami well as he began his trial for corruption.

Posting on X, the former lawmaker recalled how he was prosecuted by Malami over what he described as frivolous cases while he was the AGF.

He wrote: “Reminded me of how I was appearing in different courts when Malami as AGF was prosecuting me over frivolous cases including taking over one of the police cases against me. Wish him.well.”

Malami, his son Abdulaziz, and another individual are facing a 16-count charge of money laundering.

They were arraigned on allegations of unlawful acquisition and concealment of funds.

They all pleaded not guilty to the charges.

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What PDP Said About Wike’s Media Parley

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5 days ago

December 29, 2025

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The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has accused the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, of being a constant agent of provocation in the political space, alleging that he creates trouble to mask selfish intentions.

The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Ini Ememobong, stated this in a statement issued on Monday in response to Wike’s media parley with selected journalists in Port Harcourt, also held on Monday.

According to the PDP, remarks made by the minister on several occasions are proof that he falls short of being a locus classicus of anti-democratic adventurism.

The party said Wike’s conduct was not new, stressing that he has consistently acted as an agent provocateur in the political arena, stirring controversy to advance personal interests.

The PDP further stated that since Wike assumed office as Governor of Rivers State in 2015, he has remained a recurrent source of trouble within the party’s leadership.

“From the Sheriff era, where he was a forerunner in the Sheriff-for-National Chairman movement and later turned to fight and remove Sheriff; later he championed the Uche Secondus-for-National Chairman movement (in fact, he granted a very combustible interview that polarized the party just before the convention) and then was the same person fighting to remove Secondus.

“The same Wike led the movement to produce Dr. Iyorchia Ayu as National Chairman against the advice of many party leaders, and so soon thereafter, it was Wike again who led the Ayu-must-go struggle.

“By his end-of-year media chat, Minister Nyesom Wike has reiterated his support for, and in fact declared that he is the ‘number one supporter’ of the presumptive candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the 2027 Presidential election, while remaining a member of the Peoples Democratic Party, confirming the basis of his expulsion from the PDP, for anti-party activities,” the statement said.

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JUST IN: INEC Excludes PDP From Ekiti Governorship Election

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5 days ago

December 29, 2025

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The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for the 2026 Ekiti governorship election, Dr Wole Oluyede, and his deputy were conspicuously absent as the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, released the provisional list of party candidates ahead of the election.

INEC on Monday posted the list of candidates from 12 political parties vying for the state’s top job at its office on New Iyin Road, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State.

The list shows that the All Progressives Congress, APC, is fielding the incumbent governor, Biodun Oyebanji, with Monisade Afuye as his running mate.

Other candidates include Opeyemi Falegan of the Accord Party, with Omoyemi Olaleye as deputy; Akande Oluwasegun of the African Action Congress, paired with Oluwasanmi Fajuyigbe; and Ayodeji Ojo of the Action Democratic Party, with Itunu Ibitoye as running mate.

Similarly, the African Democratic Congress is presenting Oluwadare Bejide and Paul Olowoyeye, while the Action Peoples Party has Bidemi Awogbemi and Akinyemi Adewumi on its ticket.

The PDP’s absence may not be unconnected with the leadership crisis currently rocking the party at the national level.