Dear Peter Obi,
I note your comments on today's unfortunate accident involving the former two-time world heavyweight boxing champion, Mr Anthony Joshua; however, your statement contains several falsehoods.
Sir, rather than rely on 'reports', as a responsible statesman, you ought to have waited for the authorities' official statement. Alternatively, you have the contact details of the Governors of Ogun and Lagos States. Why not call them and get verified information?
Contrary to your post, it is not true that "no ambulance was readily available to convey him to the hospital."
The fact of the matter is that Mr Joshua, who, thank God, only suffered minor injuries, was conveyed to a hospital within minutes of the incident, and the Federal Road Safety Corps and the Nigeria Police Force were at the scene of the accident within the first ten minutes of the accident.
That is commendable. But you chose to be condemnable.
The incident occurred in a rural area, outside the metropolitan regions of Ogun and Lagos. Because Mr Joshua was already on his way to a hospital within minutes, there was no need for an ambulance at the scene.
Nigeria has good emergency response services. They are not perfect, but they do a good job in difficult circumstances and should be motivated and encouraged.
Barely a week ago, there was a ghastly road accident around the Epe axis. Eyewitnesses called the Lagos Emergency Response line-112, and within five minutes, an ambulance arrived at the scene. You can read about it here
reportnaija.ng/2025/12/lagos…
You yourself served as Governor of Anambra for 8 years. Did you have a working emergency service in Anambra? Of course not. Do you deny that under you, Anambra doctors were on strike for 13 months, from early 2010 to early 2012, due to inadequate pay and unpaid salaries, yet you bought 400 luxury cars for Anambra Igwes?
You admitted to it here, and Nigerians can read your wired fir themselves via this link
thewhistler.ng/why-doctors-w…
I respectfully appeal to you, Mr Peter Obi, to desist from your habit of de-marketing Nigeria at every opportunity, even when you have to misrepresent the actual situation because of your political ambition.