My family business collapsed when I became governor – Peter Obi

Presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, has debunked claims that he invested state funds in his private business as the governor of Anambra State.

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He said that, he instead recorded losses when he became governor because his private businesses collapsed at the time.

Obi spoke during a radio interview with journalist, Rufai Oseni, where he was questioned over the allegations that he enriched himself by investing his state’s money into his family business.

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According to the presidential hopeful, he did no such thing, and anybody with proof of said investment should point it out. He also explained that the savings he left behind after his tenure would have earned him a Queen’s award if it were in the United Kingdom.

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The presidential hopeful said that apart from him who left almost N100billion in state coffers, the former president and governor of Katsina state, Umar Musa Y’ardua left N5 billion behind.

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Watch him speak ;

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