Former chairman of Diamond Bank, Alex Otti, yesterday stated
that former governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi left $150 million in three
banks.
He spoke while delivering a keynote address: “Nigeria
economic recession: Ways out of the woods”, at the 8th annual conference of the
Academy for Entrepreneurial Study, at the Nigerian Institute for International
Study, Victoria Island, Lagos.
Otti said Nigeria needed leaders who can inspire confidence
in the people by doing what leadership required and that those in high
positions should serve the people and not themselves.
Otti then cited Peter Obi’s example.
“As the chairman of
Diamond Bank as at the time Obi was governor, I can confirm that he left $50
million each in Diamond Bank, Fidelity Bank and Access Bank.
“I can also confirm that he did not borrow money from any
financial institution”, he said.
Earlier in his speech, chairman of the event, Gen. Yakubu
Gowon, represented by former Minister of Health, Julius Adelusi Adeluyi, urged
leaders to focus on the people and called on Nigerians to intensify prayers for
God to have mercy on the nation.
In his remarks, Peter Obi thanked the organisers for
choosing a topic, he described as critical to the nation’s prosperity.
Obi said Nigerian leaders must have conscience to understand
that leadership is all about serving and not being served.
He said Nigeria had all it takes to become a great nation,
if leaders reflect on the trajectory of how successful economies are made.
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