- Obi dismissed the governor’s warning about his safety, stating he receives threats daily and is not intimidated.
Former Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi has vowed to visit Edo State despite reported threats from Governor Monday Okpebholo.
Speaking in Awka, Obi dismissed the governor’s warning about his safety, stating he receives threats daily and is not intimidated.
He emphasized that if he needs to be in Edo, especially to make a donation, he will go without hesitation.
“Threats don’t make any meaning to me. I receive threats everyday. Do you know how many times I have been threatened all over Nigeria? I receive threats everyday actually, the ones you know about was because it was vocal, but I will not be afraid.
“If I have the opportunity to go to Benin and make donations again, trust me, I will. I have always said that we should de-emphasize politics and think more of how to invest in the people. I went to Benin to invest in people because if they have good doctors, good nurses, they will have a better life.
“What the governor should have done is to complement what I was doing in his state instead of threatening me. He should be sincerely grateful.
“I’m in school today to make a donation, I’m going to be in school somewhere in Nigeria tomorrow too. I’m going to be in school on Saturday, I’m going to be in school on Sunday and even on Monday. Forget about the threat, it’s a waste of time,” the ex-presidential candidate said.
While visiting Christ the King College (CKC) in Onitsha, Peter Obi announced a N50 million donation to the school. The contribution was made jointly by Obi and other alumni of the institution.
Obi explained that after discussing the school’s need for a new staff quarters and improved administrative building with fellow old boys, they agreed to support the project.
He said: “I say it everyday that those who have verifiable honest means of livelihood should endeavour to invest to schools, invest in society, invest in health, lift people from poverty and empower others. I did not say go and steal money and donate to schools.
“I just spoke to one or two old boys of this school that we don’t have teachers quarters, we don’t have staff quarters and administrative blocks and they decided to donate. That is what people should be doing.”
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