I once cleaned a dirty aircraft toilet as governor, says Peter Obi

Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the2023 election, says leadership by example is central to confronting Nigeria’ssecurity challenges. Obi spoke while answering questions from a cross-section ofNigerians during an interactive X Space on Sunday. The former Anambra governor said security has deterioratedand requires leaders who demonstrate discipline, responsibility andaccountability. Responding to questions on how he would tackle securitychallenges, Obi narrated a personal experience to illustrate his approach toleadership. Obi said he once travelled on British Airways while servingas a governor and encountered an aircraft toilet that was badly messed up. According to him, a woman who worked with the Lagos stategovernment under Babatunde Fashola opened the toilet, saw its condition andwalked away. Obi, who was a governor at the time, said he went into thetoilet and cleaned it himself without informing anyone. “There was somebody who works for the Lagos State Government— for Fashola’s government. She works with a law firm,” Obi said. “We were coming back on British Airways years back; I was aserving governor. The entire toilet was messed up. She opened that toilet touse it; it was messed up and she walked away. “I went in there, and she came back. The entire place wascleaned. She didn’t even tell me, but she told a minister and somebody elsewhere she works in the office. ”She said, ‘I can’t believe this’. The people called me; Isaid I cleaned it because maybe I would be the next person that would go backthere to use it. “When you see things that are wrong, clean them. I don’thave house help in my house; everybody knows that. Let us stop all this fakelife.” Obi added that he is better prepared to tackle Nigeria’seconomic and security challenges if given the chance.

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