Former presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi, has dismissed speculations suggesting that he worked with the late military Head of State, General Sani Abacha.
Obi stated that he neither knew nor met Abacha during his time in power, stressing that everything he has done throughout his career remains in the public domain.
The former Anambra State Governor made the clarification on Sunday while responding to questions during Channels TV’s Sunday Politics.
The clarification comes in the wake of recent allegations by Reno Omokri, a former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, who accused Obi of working with the Abacha regime.
However, Obi moved to set the record straight.
Obi explained: “There was a time during Abacha’s government, because, you know, when Abacha took over, he said, all ports, and everything closed.
“So they came out with a policy that caused congestion in our ports. Goods were not being cleared, goods were not being exported and everything. And some of us felt we needed to go and see the head of state then, or at least the Minister of Finance.
“So we came to Abuja, we had an audience with the Minister of Finance and the president, and we were able to elucidate the problem we are facing.
“The President then directed his Finance Minister that he should take some of us who are the leaders, should just form a committee to decongest all reports in Nigeria, make sure that in each committee, one of us is involved.
“That’s the only thing that had to do with the port. And then when we finished maybe two weeks, three weeks, they said it is now time to probe and reorganise the port.
“Because I have written in one of my comments that Nigerian Port Authorities, the only port I know in the world that have an office outside its country of operation, and couple that they’ve seen whether they said he will become a member of the panel.
“I have never met Abacha. I don’t know him. I know he was in military. Everything I have done in my life is in the public space.”
