Obi’s Political Exit: The Odd Steps Of A Nigerian Governor

[Shola Sholaz]

Governor Peter Obi's declaration of his imminent political retirement is an affirmation of the unusual political steps of the governor in his more than seven years in office "For me, I have come to the end of it; I want to quit and rest," Governor Peter Obi said in a remark to the synod of an Anglican Church in Enugu last Sunday.
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After two terms in office punctuated at different times by the macabre instincts particular to Anambra politics, Governor Obi's decision to exit the stage is indeed remarkable.
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His decision to quit politics when many other governors in the second term are planning for either the presidency, or to retire into the Senate, is a departure from the norm.
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But Obi has not been a normal governor.
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The sight of Governor Obi sauntering into an airport with one or two aides, and sometimes alone, is not strange to many Nigerians.