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The All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council has challenged former Anambra State Governor Peter Obi to account for the financial record of his administration, following fresh disclosures by the Anambra State Government on loans, liabilities and workers’ arrears.

In a statement issued on September 21, 2026, the council’s spokesman, Dele Alake, accused Obi of contradicting his previous claims that he left Anambra without outstanding debt or unpaid obligations.

The Anambra State Government had earlier said records attributed to the Debt Management Office showed that eight external loans associated with projects during Obi’s administration had a combined contracted value of $123.77 million. It said $92.35 million remained outstanding as of June 30, 2026, equivalent to about N127.37 billion at the official exchange rate used in its computation.

The loans, according to the state government, were tied to programmes covering malaria control, education, healthcare, erosion management, agriculture and community development.

Obi’s camp has disputed the government’s presentation, arguing that some of the facilities were federally arranged development programmes implemented by participating states and that the original value of a facility should not automatically be treated as the amount owed by Anambra at the end of his tenure.

Alake, however, said the controversy extended beyond borrowing to allegations concerning unpaid salaries and other obligations.

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The Anambra government has alleged that workers of the state Water Corporation and some retired teachers were owed salaries, pensions or gratuities after Obi left office in March 2014. The government has also released accounts of protests and salary disputes involving Water Corporation workers.

The APC campaign council said the allegations were particularly significant because Obi had previously maintained that he left the state without outstanding financial obligations and had challenged anyone with contrary evidence to produce it.

The dispute has now become part of the wider political debate surrounding Obi’s record as governor and his bid for the presidency in 2027.

While the Anambra government has presented its debt figures as evidence contradicting Obi’s claims, Obi and his representatives have rejected the interpretation of the figures.

The controversy is therefore likely to remain focused on the underlying documents: the terms of the loans, the amounts actually disbursed, liabilities outstanding when Obi left office, and records of salaries, pensions and other obligations.

The APC council, meanwhile, has used the disclosures to question Obi’s political claims about his stewardship of Anambra and called on him to address the allegations publicly.

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