He was the former governor of Anambra State serving from 17 March 2006 to 2 November 2006, when he was impeached and from 9 February 2007 to 29 May 2007 after his impeachment was overturned.
Age
Peter Obi was born on 19th July 1961.
Wife & Kids
He is from Onitsha, Anambra State. He is married to Margaret Brownson Usen and they have two children together namely Gabriella Nwamaka Frances Obi, daughter, and Gregory Peter Oseloka Obi, son.
Career
Peter Obi started his career in business. He was so successful he became one amongst the wealthiest businessmen in the south-east. He later became the Chairman of Next International Nigeria Ltd, Chairman, and Director of
Guardian Express Mortgage Bank Ltd, Guardian Express Bank Plc, Paymaster Nigeria Ltd, Future View Securities Ltd, Data Corp Ltd, Chams Nigeria Ltd and Card Center Ltd.
He also became the youngest chairman of Fidelity Bank plc. He was appointed by former President Goodluck Jonathan in 2015 as Chairman of the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC).
Peter Obi also began a career in politics when he was elected as the governor of Anambra state under APGA political party. He made sure to manage the state’s resources judiciously.
Before he became the governor, he was running against Chris Ngige of the People Democratic Party and Ngige was declared the winner by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) but Obi did not allow that to stop him, he took the case to court. After he won the court case on the 15th of March, 2006, he became the governor on 17th March, 2006.
Obi was later impeached after seven months in office by the state house of assembly, who installed his deputy, Virginia Etiaba on 2nd November 2006 as the first female governor in Nigeria. Obi was later reinstated by the Court of Appeal sitting in Enugu state as the governor on 9th February 2007. He remained in power till 17th March 2014 when he handed over to his successor, Willie Obiano.
Pandora Papers
Peter Obi has been asked to report at the agency’s Abuja headquarters on October 27, 2021 to face investigators.
The former governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, whose secret and illegal offshore activities PREMIUM TIMES reported in the ongoing Pandora Papers series, has been summoned for questioning by the EFCC, Nigeria’s anti-corruption agency.
It is the first known action by any Nigerian law enforcement agency since PREMIUM TIMES started reporting influential Nigerians involved in offshore shenanigans exposed through the global Pandora Papers investigation. The presidency has directed that Nigerians exposed in the reports be investigated, those with knowledge of the directive have told this paper.
PREMIUM TIMES learnt that the EFCC communicated the invitation to Mr Obi during the week and he has been asked to report at the agency’s Abuja headquarters on October 27 to face investigators.
Sources separately said the invitation is in connection with revelations in our Pandora Papers report. The report exposed how Mr Obi incorporated offshore holdings, which he did not declare to the Code of Conduct Bureau when he served as a governor and how he continued to manage his Next International UK Limited 14 months after becoming a governor. In addition, he also continued to operate a foreign account as a governor.
All these actions, which had been secret until our report, were in contravention of Nigeria’s laws on code of conduct for public officers, PREMIUM TIMES reported. Mr Obi has, however, continued to claim no wrongdoing.
However, a source at the anti-graft agency said the Pandora Papers revelations only served as a lead for investigators and that “a number of issues” are now being investigated regarding Mr Obi and his offshore dealings.
Net Worth.
His net worth is not available at the moment.