There is a new propaganda coming from APC, backed by falsehood, and Nigerians need to pay attention.
They have realised that their tribalistic agenda in the South-West is not stopping Peter Obi. They have realised that it is not stopping Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso either. They have also realised that the OK movement is gaining serious momentum in the North.
So, as usual, they're trying to import the same script to the North by selling falsehood
The new line now is, “Peter Obi issued ID cards to Northerners when he was governor.”
Now let me correct that with facts you can verify for yourself.
Thank God for the internet, brown envelope media houses and Journalists can no longer control the truth the way they used to.
The controversy they are trying to recycle was not about Peter Obi. It happened in Imo State under Rochas Okorocha.
In late June 2014, Rochas Okorocha’s government announced plans to register Northerners resident in Imo State and issue them identity cards. The explanation at the time was security, because of the fear of Boko Haram infiltration after reports of security threats in Owerri.
That was Imo State.
Not Anambra.
Not Peter Obi.
And this is where the propaganda falls apart.
Peter Obi had already completed his tenure as governor of Anambra State in March 2014. By the time this issue surfaced in June 2014, he had already left office.
So even by simple dates alone, the lie collapses.
How do you accuse a man of carrying out a policy in a state he did not govern, months after he had already left office?
That is how propaganda works in Nigeria.
They take a real event, remove the context, change the actor, repeat it loudly, and hope people do not fact-check.
But the National Assembly did not keep quiet.
On July 3, 2014, the Nigerian Senate debated the matter and cautioned Rochas Okorocha against going ahead with the policy. The motion was moved by Deputy Senate Leader Abdul Ningi. The Senate described the move as discriminatory, unconstitutional, and dangerous to national unity.
At the time, Senator Ike Ekweremadu presided over that sitting as Deputy Senate President. Senate President David Mark had also reportedly been briefed on the matter before plenary.
That is the record.
Rochas Okorocha.
Imo State.
July 3, 2014.
Not Peter Obi.
And the caution did not stop there.
On July 6, 2014, the Arewa Consultative Forum also warned against the move. The group said any policy that appeared to single out Northerners could deepen ethnic suspicion and create dangerous division at a time the country was already under security pressure.
So when APC people push that line today, understand what is happening.
This is not about history.
This is not about truth.
This is about political manipulation.
They have seen that Peter Obi and Kwankwaso are gaining ground across regions, especially in the North, and now they want to plant suspicion in people’s minds.
That is the bigger game.
These politicians do not mind doing almost anything to stay in power. One of the oldest weapons in their playbook is division.
Tribal division.
Ethnic division.
Religious division.
They know it works very well on Nigerians.
Once people begin fighting one another, they stop asking serious questions. They stop asking why hunger is rising. They stop asking why insecurity keeps spreading. They stop asking why businesses are shutting down. They stop asking why school fees have become unbearable. They stop asking why people are working harder and living worse.
That is the bigger game.
Keep people divided.
Keep people distracted.
Keep people emotional.
And while citizens are busy fighting themselves, the people responsible for the suffering escape scrutiny.
A hungry Northerner and a hungry Southerner understand the same pain. A parent in Kano struggling with school fees understands the same pain as a parent in Onitsha. A trader in Kaduna battling inflation understands the same pain as a trader in Aba.