Fashola, Daddy Showkey and Peter Obi |
The trouble with Peter Obi is that he was never able to rise above the pale of
ordinariness in his eight years as governor of Nigeria’s most gifted state. He
lacked the colour, the charisma and the carriage that should come with the
governor of Anambra State – land of the brave. In fact, Peter’s personality was
intensely antithetical to the fire and glory that are inborn to onye Anambra.
Obodo ndi odogwu! Where we are gregarious, excitable and generous, Peter is
reclusive, timid and parsimonious. He lacks the oomph, the finishing touches
that set us apart from our Igbo brothers. All that Peter has is cunning, deviousness
and doublespeak! Even the Ikemba Nnewi, saw that and recoiled from him. His
wife, Iyom Bianca expressed horror when Peter’s cunning and deviousness finally
unravelled and she was brilliant enough to describe the personage that emerged
as “a food-is-ready-politician.” Peter’s transmogrification couldn’t have been
better captured, really. Iyom Bianca holds the singular honour of finally
peeling off the man’s hood and calling our attention to the Real Peter Obi!