What is Peter Obi?
[[File:Peter Obi.jpg|thumb|A [[sculpture]] of Peter Obi in the faculty of Fine and Applied Arts, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka.]] '''Peter Gregory Onwubuasi Obi''', commonly known as '''Peter Obi''', is a [[Nigeria|Nigerian]] politician and [[Activism|activist]] who was the former governor of [[Anambra State]] and the presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general elections in [[Nigeria]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Samson|first=Adenekan|date=2022-05-30|title=Peter Obi emerges Labour Party presidential candidate|url=https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/533601-updated-peter-obi-emerges-labour-party-presidential-candidate.html|access-date=2023-12-24|website=www.premiumtimesng.com}}</ref> ==Early life== Peter was born on July 19, 1961, and grew up in [[Onitsha|Onitsha⁣]] where he currently lives. Obi was the former governor of [[Anambra State]] and in 2022, he became the 2023 Nigerian presidential election nominee of [[Labour Party (Nigeria)|Labour Party]].<ref>{{Cite news|title=Di careful businessman wey dey capture young Nigerian hearts|work=BBC News Pidgin|url=https://www.bbc.com/pidgin/64328892|access-date=2023-12-24}}</ref> He had his tertiary education at the [[University of Nigeria]] in 1984 after his secondary education at [[Christ the King College, Onitsha]]. He has worked in different managerial capacities, from Chairman and Director of Guardian Express Mortgage Bank, Guardian Express Bank Plc, Future View Securities Ltd, Paymaster Nigeria Ltd, Chams Nigeria Ltd, Data Corp Ltd and Card Centre Ltd. He was also the youngest chairman of Fidelity Bank Nigeria.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Odunsi|first=Wale|date=2018-10-12|title=Peter Obi: Profile of PDP vice presidential candidate|url=https://dailypost.ng/2018/10/12/peter-obi-profile-pdp-vice-presidential-candidate/|access-date=2023-12-24|website=Daily Post Nigeria|language=en-US}}</ref> ==Political Career== In 2003, Obi went into politics as a member of [[All Progressive Grand Alliance]] after his entrepreneurship stage for governor. He won the