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Prominent Figure · Politics

Peter Obi

Nigerian opposition leader (born 1961)

Peter Onwubuasi Gregory Obi is a Nigerian politician and businessman who served as the governor of Anambra State from 17 March 2006 until his impeachment on 2 November 2006. Reinstated on 9 February 2007, he continued his tenure until 2010, when he was re-elected for a second term, which ended on 7 March 2014. On October 7, 2014, he defected from the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) and joined the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). On October 13, 2018, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar picked Obi as his running mate ahead of the 2019 presidential election on the PDP platform but lost to late Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

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Peter Obi the Pragmatic: the Reshaping of Nigerian Politics

The 2023 Nigerian presidential election marked a watershed moment in the nation's political history, ignited by an unprecedented wave of youth-led civic engagement. At th…

08 Oct 2026

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