FCT, Abuja — Nigeria go hold her next general election in January 2027. President Bola Tinubu go seek second term and final term. As the 2027 presidential election dey near, plenty Nigerians don dey ask one big question: where the main candidates, wey all get plenty money, take get their money?
Legit.ng check how the top presidential candidates talk say dem take gather their wealth.
Peter Obi, wey now dey run for president under Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), talk about himself for interview with The Morning Show on Arise TV in October 2021. He call himself businessman wey move enter banking before he start government work.
Obi talk say he run one company wey dey manage organized markets. He talk say na him alone import Heinz salad cream, Ovaltine and South African Breweries products enter Nigeria. He also talk say one company wey he leave before he become Anambra governor later turn to Next Cash and Carry, wey people dey see for Port Harcourt and Abuja.
Obi talk say he get big share for some banks. He also talk say he serve for board of three banks, and he chair one of them, before dem elect am as governor of Anambra State.
For Tinubu, wey be one of top leaders of ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), for BBC interview in December 2022, he talk say his wealth come from house properties wey he inherit, and he continue to develop them over years.
Tinubu deny allegation say he collect money from Lagos State treasury. He talk say World Bank and IMF check Lagos State money records and dem no find anything wey no correct.
He talk say: ‘I inherit big house properties; I change their value.’ He add say since he leave office as Lagos governor in 2007, he never collect another government position and he never receive any government contract.
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, wey now dey run for president under African Democratic Congress (ADC), answer similar questions for Arise News interview in April 2026. He talk say his wealth come from investment for oil and gas, transport and manufacturing, agriculture, house properties and education, wey he build before he enter politics.
He add say he help carry PDP burden with his money when dem found the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Atiku also talk about one government investigation wey start during former President Olusegun Obasanjo regime. He talk say Nasir El-Rufai and Nuhu Ribadu lead the investigation.
Atiku talk say at that time he allow make dem remove the immunity wey he get from investigation, and he do am with his own mind so that dem go conduct the investigation. He talk say the investigation clear him because the ways he dey make money open and legitimate.
For another report, you don hear say Atiku Abubakar answer prayer of one woman wey her name na Khadijat. The woman beg God to make things easy for am to fulfill promises. For message wey Khadijat post, she beg God to give Atiku Abubakar chance to carry the burden he take if he win 2027 election.
