Peter Obi, the Labour Get together presidential flag-bearer in 2023, has revealed what the late former President Muhammadu Buhari instructed him within the days main as much as the final basic elections.
Obi made the revelation whereas chatting with journalists on the sidelines of the Fidau prayer for Buhari on the latter’s residence in Daura, Katsina State, on Wednesday, July 16, 2025.
Recalling his assembly with Buhari in the course of the 2023 campaigns, the previous Anambra State Governor stated the then-President urged him to prioritise the welfare of Nigeria’s downtrodden.
“I had the chance of assembly him whereas I used to be campaigning, and I bear in mind his phrases to today: ‘Please look after the poor Nigerians’. That’s what I at all times bear in mind,” he recounted.
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Obi additionally affirmed that the deceased served the nation to the most effective of his potential, including that he was honest about his look after the poor.
“And I consider he did his finest inside his capability. I bear in mind vividly his honest attraction for combating and caring for the poor,” he acknowledged.
Obi explains cause for lacking Buhari’s funeral
The previous President breathed his final at a London hospital on Sunday, succumbing to a protracted illness.
He was buried based on Islamic rites on Tuesday, in a ceremony attended by President Bola Tinubu, Vice President Kashim Shettima, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, and high authorities officers and associates.
Nevertheless, Obi was absent from the occasion, drawing criticism from some Nigerians on social media. Addressing the problem, Obi said his absence on the burial was because of flight restrictions to the North-West state.
He defined that the mixture of unavailable flights and restricted air site visitors to accommodate high-level dignitaries led to his incapability to make the journey on Tuesday.
“Sure, it was troublesome to return right here yesterday as a result of there have been no flights,” Obi stated.
“Even for those who had a flight, you couldn’t land at Katsina Airport. It was all closed due to the variety of dignitaries attending the burial.”
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Whereas reflecting on Buhari’s demise, the Labour Get together chieftain famous that the dying serves as a solemn reminder of the transient nature of energy and life itself.
“All of us need to learn to serve our nation, understanding that someday we shall be referred to as again by our creator,” Obi concluded.
