Obi provides evidence he wasn't close to Abacha

Mr. Peter Obi of the Labour Party has cleared the air on his alleged closeness to the late former Head of State, Gen. Sani Abacha.

Allegation recently made the rounds that Obi was Abacha's Man and had indeed worked for the late Head of the military junta.

But Obi denied the allegation, stating that he only served as a member of Ports decongestion committee when Abacha was head of state and never worked with the former Head of state, directly.

Proving his claims, Obi has produced his appointment letter into the Apapa Walf decongestion committee.

In the document he released through his X handle, on Wednesday, and titled "Our Engagement with General Abacha: Setting the Record Straight," Obi exonerated himself from the allegation of being close too the Abacha family.

Obi wrote: "In consonance with my established principles of defending everything I am involved in, and in the interest of all men and women of goodwill, especially those committed to the pursuit of truth, I hereby attach the letter which documents my co-opting, along with others, into the Taskforce on the decongestion of the Ports.

"As I stated during my interview at the weekend and consistently maintained in the past, I had never met General Sani Abacha before that encounter. Our meeting with him was borne out of collective concern as traders and importers over the prolonged delays in clearing goods at the ports. We approached him not as political actors, but as concerned citizens seeking pragmatic solutions to a matter affecting economic activity and livelihoods.

"Our intention was clear: to advocate for efficiency, and to propose practical steps towards restoring normalcy in port operations for the benefit of the wider business community and, ultimately, the Nigerian economy.

"This clarification is offered in the interest of truth, to reaffirm that our actions were driven solely by a sense of civic duty and not political ambition.

"I don't expect this copious evidence to bury this Abacha case because the mischief makers have ulterior motives, but it's being placed in the public space for posterity and in line with my transparency pledge to Nigerians on any issue I am involved in. -PO"