Special Adviser on Policy Communication to President Bola Tinubu, Daniel Bwala, has said Nigerians should expect more records concerning Peter Obi in the coming days amid the ongoing controversy over debts allegedly incurred during Obi’s tenure as Governor of Anambra State.
Bwala made the statement as the Anambra State Government continues to challenge Obi’s claim that he left office without outstanding debts, unpaid salaries, pensions, gratuities or liabilities to contractors.
The controversy intensified after the Anambra State Government released details of what it described as debt obligations linked to previous administrations, including Obi’s tenure. According to reports, the state government said outstanding external loan obligations associated with loans contracted during Obi’s administration remained on the state’s books.
Obi, however, has rejected the allegations. The NDC presidential candidate has maintained that he left office in March 2014 without owing salaries, pensions, gratuities or contractors whose work had been properly executed and processed. He has also challenged the Anambra Government to provide evidence contradicting his position.
Reacting to the dispute in a post on his account on Friday, Bwala accused Obi of previously making claims about borrowing that, according to him, were inconsistent with the records now being presented by the Anambra State Government.
Bwala wrote:
“They sit in the studio fighting government for collecting loans, only for them to hear that their hero c @PeterObi collected loans in Anambra and lied about it.
“Peter Obi himself is the case to be made against his aspirations. Everything about what he promises is fake as compared to what he has done as a governor.
“His surrogates in the morning show were dumbfounded at the revelation about his loan claim.
“This is only testing the microphone, more records to come out in the coming days. He loves records, we would answer in kind. No insults, vitriol or hate speech; just his record. Selah.”
The Anambra State Government has put the outstanding balance of loans it attributes to Obi’s administration at about ₦127.4 billion as of June 30, 2026, while reports citing the state government place the outstanding external component at approximately $123.77 million at the time Obi left office.
The dispute partly centres on the distinction between formal loan obligations and other liabilities. Obi has focused on whether his administration left unpaid salaries, pensions, gratuities or certified contractor obligations, while the Anambra Government has pointed to longer-term loans contracted during previous administrations that continued to be serviced after Obi left office.
The latest exchange comes as scrutiny of Obi’s record as Anambra governor grows ahead of the 2027 presidential election. Bwala’s latest comments suggest that further documents or claims concerning Obi’s tenure could emerge in the coming days.